let's bring in pat ga raf lowe, the economic editor for thinkprogress.org.uch of this plummet has been related to the debt deal? a lot of people have been weighing in thinking there's a direct correlation between the fiscal crisis we just endured and the lack of security americans now feel. >> well, i think there's a correlation in the sense that now that the debt ceiling debacle is over, now that the dust has cleared, the theater's done, investors are looking for answers and realizing that the economy's in really bad shape. unemployment's really high. the latest manufacturing data was really bad. as you said, prospects for growth are sluggish at best. and investors realize that. they're just looking around, and they're not seeing much to feel good about. >> well, some people would say look, things are getting worser and worser. we expect another dismal jobs report tomorrow. do you think that's going to push stocks down even further? >> it's absolutely possible. and even if the number is higher than the last few numbers have been, and there's really no reaso