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Trump dodges recession query as commerce battle implications dominate markets

By Editorial Board Last updated: March 10, 2025 4 Min Read
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Trump dodges recession query as commerce battle implications dominate markets

Donald Trump has not dominated out a recession in the USA this yr, saying the world’s largest financial system is in “transition” via his commerce battle.

Monetary markets have been spooked by the implications of his early commerce fights involving the nation’s nearest companions Canada and Mexico via on-off tariffs of as much as 25%.

China has additionally been focused and the European Union may very well be subsequent, from 2 April, when Mr Trump has promised to ramp up his “America first” ambitions.

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The recession query first cropped up per week in the past when a closely-watched financial indicator advised the US financial system was shrinking at its quickest tempo for the reason that COVID pandemic.

The Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow mannequin confirmed exercise shrinking within the present first quarter, even earlier than the president took workplace as the specter of tariffs loomed massive.

Different indicators present indicators for concern, with the US unemployment charge ticking up in February to 4.1% in accordance with official information on Friday.

The inventory market sell-off of final week left the broad S&P 500 buying and selling at close to six-month lows.

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The greenback has suffered too, with sterling and the euro gaining 4 cents for the reason that finish of February.

They’re hardly the headlines Mr Trump needs.

Crucially, he didn’t deny the likelihood in his reply when he mentioned: “I hate to predict things like that. There is a period of transition because what we’re doing is very big, we’re bringing wealth back to America. That’s a big thing. And there are always periods of – it takes a little time. It takes a little time.”

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Why are tariffs such a giant deal?

“It will be great for us”, he mentioned of the tariff regime’s home affect which, he claims, will drive extra firms to rent extra staff in the USA.

Each Canada and Mexico have been given two momentary reprieves, with firms working cross-border complaining of chaos when it comes to pink tape and an absence of readability on future tariffs.

Requested by Fox if he may give companies some reassurance, Mr Trump added: “Well, I think so. But, you know, the tariffs could go up as time goes by and they may go up. And you know, I don’t know if it’s predictability, I think…”.

When advised by the interviewer Maria Bartiromo that these remarks weren’t offering readability, he responded: “No, I think they say that, you know, it sounds good to say. But for years, the globalists, the big globalists have been ripping off the United States; they’ve been taking money away from the United States. And all we’re doing is getting some of it back. And we’re going to treat our country fairly.”

The markets will examine fastidiously the important thing US financial information forward for indicators of a protracted slowdown.

The nation doesn’t depend on the widespread worldwide definition of a recession – two consecutive quarters of unfavourable progress.

In the USA, solely an impartial committee of economists has the ability to declare a recession.

Its deliberations broaden past pure progress to incorporate different aspects such because the state of the employment market.

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