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Brad Lander: “The tariffs substantially increased the likelihood of an…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Brad Lander's Address on Trump Administration Budget Cuts Impacting New York City

Published | Video Starts at 33:43

But so, and that all of this was before the increased likelihood of economic downturn or recession, but the tariffs substantially, you can talk to any economic forecaster, The tariffs substantially increased the likelihood of an economic downturn. We proposed, you know, we looked at three scenarios that we released. Severe downturn, modest downturn, or just like where things had been going before the tariff proposals. (33:43–33:47)

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Asserts that tariffs have significantly raised the risk of an economic downturn.

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