By Caitlin McCabe

The pain keeps building for the S&P 500.

The benchmark stock index is down nearly 1.5% this week, on pace for its fifth straight weekly loss. The last time it suffered a losing streak that long was nearly four years ago.

Back then, U.S. investors dumped stocks as the Federal Reserve embarked on an aggressive campaign to raise interest rates to combat inflation that was running at its hottest level in roughly 40 years. The S&P 500 fell for seven straight weeks through May 20, 2022.

The current selloff bears some similarities, though the selloff has been less intense. The S&P 500 has lost roughly 7% over the past five weeks, as investors worry about a pickup in inflation due to surging energy prices.

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