Some economists are cautioning that President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs on U.S. trade partners, which took effect Thursday, increase the risks that the U.S. economy could enter a period of stagflation. A mashup of “stagnation” and “inflation,” the term describes periods marked by high prices and low GDP growth, such as the economic doldrums of the 1970s. To be sure, …
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