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Yahoo Finance Canada |
Markets are ramping up bets on interest rate cuts after the US president sparked a trade war and fears of global recession.
USA Today |
Trump has announced a sweeping tariff plan that's to take effect in the coming week.
The Washington Post |
That’s 2.9 percent of gross domestic product, which would make this the largest tax increase since 1942.

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