Companies’ Recession Talk at Lowest Level Since 2018: FactSet

Meanwhile, executives continue to express concern about the Trump administration’s tariff policies.
Companies’ Recession Talk at Lowest Level Since 2018: FactSet
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Tariff-fueled downturn fears have traveled through Wall Street, but companies are neither listening to nor participating in the recession talk.

“Given concerns in the market about inflation and tariffs, have more S&P 500 companies than normal commented on recession during their earnings conference calls for the fourth quarter?” said John Butters, a senior earnings analyst at FactSet, in a March 10 note.
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