{"id":2435216,"date":"2025-05-15T17:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T21:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-rooting-for-tariff-driven-recession-get-let-down-by-data\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T17:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T21:57:14","slug":"media-rooting-for-tariff-driven-recession-get-let-down-by-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-rooting-for-tariff-driven-recession-get-let-down-by-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Rooting For Tariff-Driven Recession Get Let Down By Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-rooting-for-tariff-driven-recession-get-let-down-by-data%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2435216&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the media&#8217;s portrayal of an impending recession linked to President Donald Trump&#8217;s pro-America policies, particularly his tariff strategies aimed at balancing trade deficits. It highlights various media outlets that warned of economic downturns and increased costs for consumers due to tariffs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-gop-must-rebuild-economy-for-working-class-americans-with-less-immigration-more-labor-protections\/\" title=\"Tom Cotton: GOP Must Rebuild Economy for Working Class Americans with Less Immigration, More Labor Protections\">foreign products<\/a>. However, contrary to these predictions, recent data from Axios shows no signs of recession or inflation, with steady retail sales and a decrease in wholesale prices. Additionally, JPMorgan Chase retracted its recession forecast, and inflation rates dropped to their lowest sence February 2021. the author critiques the media&#8217;s alarmist narrative, suggesting that despite the initial panic it generated among the public, reality shows that the anticipated economic difficulties have not materialized. the piece underscores a notable shift in perceptions around Trump&#8217;s economic policies and challenges the media&#8217;s role in shaping public confidence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gageskidmore\/54362203846\">  Gage Skidmore\/ Flickr <\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/15\/the-media-kept-rooting-for-a-tariff-driven-recession-the-data-keep-disappointing-them\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=The%20Media%20Kept%20Rooting%20For%20A%20Tariff-Driven%20Recession.%20The%20Data%20Keep%20Disappointing%20Them&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/15\/the-media-kept-rooting-for-a-tariff-driven-recession-the-data-keep-disappointing-them\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=The%20Media%20Kept%20Rooting%20For%20A%20Tariff-Driven%20Recession.%20The%20Data%20Keep%20Disappointing%20Them&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/15\/the-media-kept-rooting-for-a-tariff-driven-recession-the-data-keep-disappointing-them\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/15\/the-media-kept-rooting-for-a-tariff-driven-recession-the-data-keep-disappointing-them\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=The%20Media%20Kept%20Rooting%20For%20A%20Tariff-Driven%20Recession.%20The%20Data%20Keep%20Disappointing%20Them&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/15\/the-media-kept-rooting-for-a-tariff-driven-recession-the-data-keep-disappointing-them\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The propaganda press has spent the last few weeks desperately trying to convince Americans that there was an impending recession due to President Donald Trump&rsquo;s pro-America agenda that included levying tariffs on countries ripping off the United States. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Companies buying foreign products pay the tariffs imposed on them &mdash; and, as a result, face higher costs that are typically passed on to customers,&rdquo; one <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tariffs-consumer-impact-workers-prices-ba862da51b51ae1afdfae08bf02c2449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> article read.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1414575554\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/economics\/trumps-new-tariffs-will-hit-lower-income-households-hardest-rcna199501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a> that &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s new tariffs will <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >hit lower-income households<\/a> the hardest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/04\/economy\/recession-trump-tariffs-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN<\/a> said, &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s tariffs will be bad for you. And you, and you, and you, and you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/23\/business\/trump-tariffs-fed-damage\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN headline<\/a> read: &ldquo;Trump chaos has already damaged the economy. It may be too late to fix it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/trump-tariff-economic-pain-china-mexico-rcna199404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MSNBC<\/a> went with an op-ed titled &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s tariffs are incoherent and destructive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The examples are <em>endless. <\/em>But on Thursday, that narrative <em>crumbled. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/15\/tariffs-inflation-recession-data?utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Axios<\/a>, citing newly released data, reported that there are not signs &ldquo;of recessionary or inflationary conditions implied by business and consumer surveys.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The data, according to Axios, show &ldquo;steady retail sales and a surprising drop in wholesale prices in April.&rdquo; Data also reportedly indicate that &ldquo;spending at restaurants and bars, among the few service-sector categories in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-retail-sales-beat-expectations-manufacturing-production-slumps\/\" title=\"U.S. retail sales beat expectations; manufacturing production slumps\">retail sales report<\/a>, rose by 1.2% in April.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Producer Price Index &hellip; showed little sign of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-propaganda-press-got-it-wrong-about-the-economy-again\/\" title=\"The ... Got It Wrong About The Economy \u2014 Again\">tariff-related price pressures<\/a> that businesses have warned about,&rdquo; the report continued.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-05-13\/jpmorgan-drops-us-recession-call-after-us-china-trade-truce?embedded-checkout=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abandoned<\/a> its earlier prediction that the U.S. would fall into a recession.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the Consumer Price Index (CPI) <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/13\/after-media-claimed-trump-was-turbocharging-price-hikes-inflation-hits-4-year-low\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report released<\/a> on Tuesday indicates that inflation rose just 2.3 percent year-over-year in April &mdash; the lowest annual increase since February 2021, when President Joe Biden was in office.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, following the tariff-hysteria peddled by the propaganda press, surveys allegedly showed Americans were worried about Trump&rsquo;s handling of the economy. A Pew Research Center survey of 3,589 people found that 55 percent of adults were not confident, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/23\/trump-economy-polls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Axios<\/a> put it, that &ldquo;Trump can make good decisions about economic policy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It was a striking reversal. As Axios noted at the time, &ldquo;Over 10 years in and around public office, and despite all the other controversies surrounding him, one issue where people have consistently given Trump the benefit of the doubt was in his handling of economic affairs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not anymore,&rdquo; Axios declared. <\/p>\n<p>But what had actually changed? Not the fundamentals &mdash; and certainly not Trump&rsquo;s track record. Trump was still a widely successful businessman and reelected president with no interest in tanking his own legacy. There was no catastrophic policy shift from his campaign promises either &mdash; just a relentless media blitz designed to stir panic and shake public confidence.<\/p>\n<p>And it worked &mdash; briefly. Until reality got in the way. After weeks of breathless predictions of economic doom, the data are in. The recession the media tried to will into existence never showed up.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Brianna Lyman<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briannalyman2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@briannalyman2<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/briannalyman\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/axios\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Axios<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/economy\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/media\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/msnbc\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">MSNBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/nbc-news\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">NBC News<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/propaganda-press\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">propaganda press<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/recession\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Recession<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media has recently attempted to persuade Americans of an imminent recession linked to President Trump&#8217;s policies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2435217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54362203846_69e32dabc9_k-e1747345900767.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7428,55325,4188,10069,50406],"class_list":["post-2435216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-analysis","tag-economic-data","tag-media","tag-recession","tag-tariffs-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54362203846_69e32dabc9_k-e1747345900767.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435216"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2435220,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435216\/revisions\/2435220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}