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The U.S. economy may be headed for a recession if Trump’s tariffs don’t work

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The number of people stuck working part-time because of economic circumstances jumped by 460,000 last month .

In the leisure and hospitality sectors that reflect consumers having extra money to spend, 16,000 jobs were lost.

Since January , the economic policy uncertainty index has spiked 41% to a level, 334.5 , that in the past signaled a recession.

The president seems comfortable with the uncertainty that he’s generating, saying any financial pain from import taxes is a mere “disruption”.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he sees positive momentum in combating inflation.

He suggested a core problem is that the U.S. economy has become overly reliant on government deficits.

Still, interest rates on government debt are higher than they were last year in September .

Roughly 75,000 employees took the deferred resignation plan.