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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Trump administration briefing: President downplays market volatility; US placed on civic decline watchlist

US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists aboard Air Force One as he travels from West Palm Beach back to Washington on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists aboard Air Force One as he travels from West Palm Beach back to Washington on Sunday. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump has refused to rule out the possibility the US economy will head into recession this year and that inflation will rise, as his chaotic trade tariffs policy caused 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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