The Dow (Dow Jones Industrial Average)

An intangible market index rendered as scrolling numeric tickers and chart readouts on Roosevelt Room monitors and TVs: green and red point values flash, brief spoken projections punctuate the briefing, and advisors exchange one-year forecasts. Staffers glance at the displays until Joshua Lyman's abrupt entrance snaps attention away and the numbers recede into the room's background.

2 appearances

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When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E1 · Pilot

Lloyd Russell Identified — Mandy in Enemy Ranks

The Dow functions as the conversational prop around which the economists' lighthearted prognostication is staged; numerical predictions anchor the briefing's levity and are abruptly deprioritized once the political alarm is raised.

Before: Actively discussed in the Roosevelt Room as the economists present one‑year projections (figures voiced aloud).

After: Recedes into the background as staff pivot from economic banter to immediate political damage control; numbers temporarily deprioritized.

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S1E1 · Pilot

Mandy with Russell — Leo Springs to Action; Josh & Sam's Quiet Beat

The Dow functions as the numeric shorthand that frames the economists' credibility and provides the first rhythm of the briefing (Luther's 'up a thousand' vs Fred's 'down a thousand'). It is verbally invoked to contrast confidence and doubt, and its prognostications are rendered irrelevant when political alarm supersedes economic forecasting.

Before: Referenced actively by economists in the Roosevelt Room as a live market projection (topic of technical discussion).

After: Relegated to background noise as staff shift focus to the political threat; still relevant but temporarily deprioritized.

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