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Investors are betting that the US economy is going to suddenly fall into a recession and inflation is going to cool. But what happens if they're wrong?

How betting on a recession could wreck the market

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Happy Friday, team. I'm Phil Rosen. This week we've seen a storm of economic data in the US. 

The alphabet soup of readings — CPI, PPI, and jobless claims — all point to cooling inflation and a softening labor market. 

In theory, that's good news for the Fed, because it suggests its policy is working. 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin rides a suburban train in Moscow, Russia, in November 2019.
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Vladimir Putin smiles.
According to Russia's federal statistics service, the country's GDP contracted by 2.1% in 2022, better than previous estimates.