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Why one firing could be worse for the economy than historically bad jobs numbers
MSNBCยท2025-08-02 04:25

It is day 194 of the second Trump administration and it was not a good day for the Trump economy. On Wall Street, the Dow, S&P, and NASDAQ all lost more than a full percentage point. The selloff comes after Trump rolled out a list of new tariff rates on countries that haven't reached trade deals with the US.Those new rates take effect one week from today. But the big headline, the real story was the labor market. Economists were set to see a weak July jobs report today, but it was even worse than expected.I ...