Global economic growth could slow to 2.3% as trade tensions and uncertainty drive a recessionary trend, the UN Trade and ...

If faster economic indicators are a reliable guide ... So there would be strong reasons not to place too much weight on the chart above without the chart below. Other, forward-looking measures ...

So why did President Trump back away from the broader tariff push? The answer is simple: the economic cost to the US was too high. As is clear, the US would have faced steep and immediate losses ...