Over the past three years, the US has defied worries that a slump may be imminent, most notably during 2022 and 2023 as the Federal Reserve (Fed) aggressively tightened the monetary screws to curb surging inflation. However, President Donald Trump’s erratic on-again-off-again approach to anti-growth trade tariffs, combined with a sudden weakening of economic data, has markets asking, is the US economy merely slowing or heading into a recession?
In this episode of Bite Sized Economics, Charles Hall and Kallum Pickering discuss the latest economic developments in the US, the market’s reaction, and the implications for the global economic and market outlook.
Listen to the full episode on Spotify here: Bite Sized Economics Podcast #3: Trump slump: making sense of the US growth scare
