Dow tumbles 300 points, S&P 500 skids 1.3% as investors eye Fed response to strong U.S economic data

U.S. shares fell Monday to kick off a contemporary week, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each down greater than 1.2% heading into noon. The Dow Jones Industrial Common
DJIA,
-1.40%
was down about 299 level, or 0.9%, buying and selling close to 34,134, whereas the S&P 500 index
SPX,
-1.79%
was off 1.2% and the Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP,
-1.93%
was 1.4% decrease, based on FactSet. Shares have been decrease on fears that the Federal Reserve would possibly have to be extra aggressive in 2023
in tightening financial coverage than beforehand anticipated to tame excessive inflation, provided that the U.S. financial system has confirmed comparatively resilient to the Fed’s aggressive tempo of charge hikes already this 12 months. The ten-year Treasury yield additionally was marching larger, up 7 foundation factors to about 3.58% on Monday, whereas the shorter 2-year Treasury charge was at 4.36%.