<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg dodged multiple questions on whether the U.S. economy is headed for a recession.</p>
<p>While making the rounds on the Sunday talk shows, Buttigieg deflected multiple times when hosts asked him if he thought a recession was forthcoming. Buttigieg&#8217;s comments come on the heels of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/economic-contraction-again-confirmed-for-second-quarter-solidifying-technical-recession" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two-quarters of negative economic growth</a>, which meets the rule-of-thumb definition of a recession, combined with crushing inflation that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inflation-surpasses-forecasts-ahead-of-midterm-elections-in-bad-omen-for-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rose 8.2% from September 2021 to September 2022</a>, surpassing analysts&#8217; forecasts.</p>
<p>Buttigieg downplayed the threat of recession on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/recession-inevitable-buttigieg-touts-supply-chain-focus/story?id=91553539&amp;cid=social_twitter_tw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This Week</a>&#8221; first.</p>
<p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">&#8220;Look, it&#8217;s possible, but not inevitable,&#8221; he said. &#8220;[P]art of why we do see a lot of pressure on prices is that while demand has come back, Americans have more income because Americans have jobs in this almost historically low level of unemployment, it&#8217;s been hard for the supply side to keep up,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Then on CBS&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/buttigieg-calls-employment-numbers-strong-as-hell/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Face the Nation</a>,&#8221; he was asked to clarify conflicting remarks that President Joe Biden made last week about a possible recession. &#8220;What exactly is the forecast?&#8221; host Margaret Brennan inquired.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, look, I mean, forecasting is by its nature, something that is a little bit uncertain,&#8221; Buttigieg replied.</p>
<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s political spin,&#8221; Brennan cut in.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, look, I- I don&#8217;t think anybody could argue that, for example, our unemployment numbers are anything but strong as hell, they&#8217;re under 4%,&#8221; Buttigieg responded. &#8220;That almost never happens. We&#8217;re at or near the definition of full employment. We also don&#8217;t have any illusions about the challenges that Americans face with prices,&#8221; he added before shifting the blame to Republicans who didn&#8217;t vote for Democratic priorities in the Inflation Reduction Act or the government funding bill.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are squarely focused on making it easier for Americans to get by on their income,&#8221; said Buttigieg.</p>
<p>The Transportation Secretary&#8217;s remarks follow similarly conflicting comments made by his boss. During a recent interview with CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-shaky-recession-prediction-no-i-dont-think-so-maybe-a-slight-one" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden</a> shot down fears of a recession, saying that if one comes, it would be a minor one.</p>
<p>“Every six months they say this,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;There is no guarantee that there’s going to be a recession, I don’t think there will be a recession, if there is it will be a very slight recession, that is we’ll move down slightly.”</p>
<p>But while speaking to reporters Saturday, Biden shot down the possibility of a recession flat out, claiming that the U.S. economy was strong and that other countries were facing more significant hardship.</p>
<p>“Our economy is strong as hell,” Biden claimed. “Inflation is worldwide, it’s worse off everywhere else than it is in the United States. So the problem is a lack of economic growth and sound policy in other countries, not so much ours.”</p>

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