White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday offered a response to the U.S. stock market’s
SPX,
+1.16%
DJIA,
+0.68%
drop on Thursday, which was widely attributed to reports that the Biden administration was considering a hike in capital-gains taxes. “I’ve been doing this long enough not to comment on movements in the stock market, but I did see just data factually that it went back up this morning,” Psaki told reporters, following a question on the decline.
