Trump stays the course Even President Trump has acknowledged that his pugnacious economic agenda is looking increasingly risky. Asked on Fox News this weekend if he expected a recession this year, he allowed only, “I hate to predict things like that.” That dodge comes as his trade war continues to …
“A little disturbance” For months, the debate gripping board rooms, Wall Street and world capitals was whether to take President Trump at his word on tariffs. For a while, the markets rallied as if he were just bluffing. He wasn’t. In an address before Congress last night, Trump said that …
Comments from a member of President Trump’s cabinet over the weekend have renewed concerns that the new administration could seek to interfere with federal statistics — especially if they start to show that the economy is slipping into a recession. In an interview on Fox News on Sunday, Howard Lutnick, …
For a time, not too long ago, it was the central question animating economic forecasts and bets laid by investors in financial markets: Will the U.S. economy avoid a recession? Now, for many in the business world, that question feels almost passé, part of an earlier, more fretful era of …