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What is a recession? Here's why anxiety is rising about falling into one

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The tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index slipped into a correction last week , defined as a 10 percent drop from its most recent peak.

Some economists are marking down their estimates for growth this year , with some even seeing rising odds of a recession.

For now, the economy appears to be stable and sharp, temporary drops typically don’t harm the economy.

The average U.S. tariff on imported items could rise 10 percentage points as a result, five times the increase he imposed in his first term.

Most economists say that Trump ’s 2018-2019 duties did cause a downturn in the manufacturing sector.

The Federal Reserve ended up cutting its benchmark interest rate three times in 2019 to shore up the economy.

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