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Bond traders are signaling an increasing risk that the US economy will stall as President Donald Trump’s chaotic tariff rollouts and federal-workforce cuts threaten to further restrain the pace of growth.

In just a matter of weeks, President Donald Trump's tariff threats have gone from what many believed to be just saber-rattling to a full-blown trade war with the United States' closest trading partners: Canada, Mexico, and China.

U.S. stocks plunged on Monday, suffering widespread losses amid an escalating trade war a day after President Donald Trump declined to rule out the possibility of a recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 515 points,

As President Donald Trump doubles down on his escalating trade war against some of the country’s biggest economic partners, he is declining to rule out a recession as economic uncertainty grows. Meanwhile,

Donald Trump once again acknowledged that his foolish trade wars will disrupt the economy, potentially causing a recession. But the president still spoke about the impending tariffs on Mexico and Canada as if they are paid by the exporting country rather than the American companies importing goods,