Wall Street Tumbles as Tariffs and Weak Jobs Data Rattle Markets

US stocks tumbled as tariffs, weak job data, and poor earnings rattled investor confidence

The S&P 500 lost 1.60%, Nasdaq fell 2.24%, and Dow Jones dropped 1.23% on Friday

Amazon dragged the market down after missing expectations for its cloud division, AWS, despite overall strong earnings

Apple’s revenue beat estimates, but CEO Tim Cook warned tariffs could add $1.1 billion in costs

July job growth slowed more than expected, and past data was revised down — signaling cracks in the labor market

Traders now see an 86.5% chance the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September, up from 37.7% a day before

New tariffs were imposed on countries including Canada, Brazil, India, and Taiwan—fueling fears of a global trade war

The VIX, Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” hit 20.38—its highest close in over a month

In a controversial move, Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner

With Amazon, Apple, tariffs, jobs data, and Trump’s shock firing, markets had one of their roughest days this year