Stocks fell sharply, bond yields rose and the dollar strengthened Friday as investors heeded the Federal Reserve’s signal that its battle with inflation could result in much higher interest rates and a recession. The sell-off Friday was global, in a week where the Fed boosted rates by another three-quarters of a point and other central banks raised their own interest rates to combat global inflation trends. The S&P 500 was down 1.8% at 3,693 Friday morning, and strategists say it appears headed to test its June closing low of 3,666 Friday morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was careening toward a new low ... (full story)