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Worries about financial stocks will dominate next week's market. But crude's big fall has started to ease the pain at the gas pump. Techs enjoy a big rally, but auto stocks slide. New-home sales and durable goods orders aren't as bad as expected.

The good news: The economy is not as bad as it was in the early 1980s, when unemployment hit 10% and the inflation rate touched the double digits. The bad news: A lot of small business owners think it is.