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Barry Eichengreen: Okay, so America has escaped a recession—but only by the skin of its teeth

Barry Eichengreen: Okay, so America has escaped a recession—but only by the skin of its teeth

Barry Eichengreen: Okay, so America has escaped a recession—but only by the skin of its teeth



Various factors have helped America defy gloomy predictions so far, but that doesn’t mean the risk of shrunken output has receded. In fact, for those wondering what could go wrong, the answer is pretty much everything.