The Dow Jones had a terrible day. Will Trump take credit?
On Friday evening, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with 2.5 percentage decline — 666 points, its steepest percentage downfall since June 2016, and greatest point collapse since the 2008 financial crisis, as CNN noted.
Friday’s Dow drop tells a different economic story than the Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report that was also released Friday. That report showed that the economy added 200,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate was also reported to hold steady at 4.1 percent—the lowest since 2000. According to the report, average hourly wages were 2.9 percent higher than a year ago, too.
https://www.salon.com/2018/02/02/the-dow-jones-had-a-terrible-day-will-trump-take-credit/
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