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‘I hate to predict things’: Trump doesn’t rule out US recession amid trade tariffs

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Donald Trump speaks after signing executive orders in the Oval Office on 6 March. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump on Sunday refused to rule out the possibility that the US economy will head into recession this year and that inflation will rise, as his chaotic trade tariffs policy cause uncertainty and market turbulence.

The US president predicted that his economic goals would take time and a period of transition to bear fruit. But when asked in an interview with the Fox News show Sunday Morning Futures “are you expecting a recession this year?” he demurred.

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