Recession risks are 'uncomfortably high and moving higher,' Mark Zandi says
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The war in Ukraine. Red-hot inflation. And rapid interest rate hikes. The economic recovery that began two years ago faces credible threats that could lead to its premature demise.
The US economy has at least a one-in-three chance of sinking into a recession over the next 12 months, Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi told CNN.
"Recession risks are uncomfortably high -- and moving higher," Zandi said.
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