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Eric Hovde: “Trump is inheriting a weakening economy with severe debt…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 00:20

So I'm going to move quickly through this because I got a lot to cover today. So I said the US economy there would be enormous cross currents in 25. Trump is inheriting a weakening economy with severe debt problems. Conversely, the enthusiasm of a pro business president with deregulation retaining lower tax rates are big positives. My guess is the economy will be lumpy with negative and positive prints and probably equal out at around 1.5%. (00:20–00:25)

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Asserts that the economy Trump inherited is weakening and burdened with severe debt.

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