US Stocks Slump After Trump Does Not Rule Out Recession

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : In a March 6 Truth Social post, Trump said he agreed to this pause "as an accommodation" for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
48% : "DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency] and tariffs combined are a mild, temporary shock to the economy that will put modest upward pressure on inflation and modest downward pressure on GDP," Slok said in a note emailed to The Epoch Times.
39% : "Global tariffs are going to come down because President Trump has said: 'You want to charge us 100 percent?
28% : These concerns were exacerbated after Trump declined to rule out the possibility of a recession.
20% : Later, when reporters aboard Air Force One asked for further clarification, Trump said, "Who knows?" Trump recently imposed 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico and doubled levies on China.

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