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Everything you wanted to know about a recession but were afraid to ask
Economists are slashing their forecasts for growth and beginning to raise their odds of an economic downturn.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Treasury Secretary Bessent says he’s not concerned about the current stock market volatility
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday said he’s “not concerned about a little bit of volatility.”
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March 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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recession... from soup to nuts www.marketwatch.com/story/econom...
Economists thought Trump would try to prevent a recession. That’s now in doubt.
What are President Donald Trump and his team thinking with their recent talk about possible economic pain for the U.S.?
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March 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Trade deficit hits record high in January as companies import goods to avoid tariffs
The U.S. international trade deficit widened 34% in January to $131.4 billion, the Commerce Department said Thursday. It’s the widest deficit going back to the start of the series in 1992.
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March 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Eight Fed districts saw flat or slightly negative growth in February: Beige Book
The report from the Federal Reserve comes as talk about a potential recession has picked up in recent days.
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March 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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U.S. economy is still growing, ISM says, but Trump tariffs are causing ‘great uncertainty’ and more inflation
The large service side of the U.S. economy that employs most Americans grew in February, but businesses said they were nervous about the Trump tariffs and were already facing higher costs.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Fed's Williams says he's content to hold interest rates steady at March meeting
U.S. interest-rate policy is in a good place and there is no need “to change it right away,” New York Fed President John Williams said on Tuesday.
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March 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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recession fears grow www.marketwatch.com/story/will-t...
Will Trump’s tariffs push the economy into recession? Many economists think so.
Tariffs will affect corporate hiring and put U.S. manufacturers operating globally in a difficult situation, economists say.
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March 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model sees U.S. economy shrinking 2.8% in the first quarter of 2025
The Atlanta Fed GDPNow on Monday estimated that the U.S. economy will shrink at a 2.8% annualized rate in the first quarter of 2025 -- just days after it indicated that gross domestic product was on p...
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March 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Outlook for auto industry and tariffs www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps...
Trump’s tariffs, whether implemented or not, have already hurt the U.S. auto industry
Many in the industry feel that the levies could still be called off. Virtually everyone is hoping that, if enacted, the tariffs will be short-lived. Regardless, uncertainty has already taken its toll.
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March 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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It will be Biden's fault if economy stumbles in the first quarter - Trump team
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GDP is looking shaky. Trump's allies are already trying to shoot the messenger.
The Trump administration wants to create a separate report about the economy that strips out the impact of government spending. The Commerce Department already does this.
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March 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Key ISM Factory index looks weak under the hood www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-ma...
Trump’s tariff talk is raising inflation and could weaken the economy, ISM finds: ‘Customers are pausing on new orders’
The specter of rising U.S. inflation reared its head in February as the cost of supplies for U.S. manufacturers jumped to more than a 2 1/2-year high in response to new or threatened tariffs by Presid...
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March 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Inflation didn’t get any worse. When will it start going down again?
Inflation is still a sore spot for the U.S. economy, but at least it didn’t get much worse at the start of the year.
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February 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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What else can Canada, Mexico do to stop Trump tariffs? Maybe put levies on China.
As traders worldwide wait to see if U.S. President Donald Trump once again holds off on putting new tariffs on Canada and Mexico, the head of the U.S. Treasury Department has highlighted one potential...
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February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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First post is some grim news about the outlook. Early days, but still... www.marketwatch.com/story/atlant...
Closely watched Fed GDP tracker sees contraction in first quarter
This would be the first negative quarter in three years and comes as talk of a possible recession picks up.
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February 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM