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OECD Slashes U.S. Growth Forecast

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

44K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for June 3. The OECD is warning the U.S. and global economies are likely to face slowing growth this year and next, amid tariff-related uncertainty and the prospect of higher-for-longer inflation. Plus, chief China correspondent Lingling Wei profiles Beijing’s new trade negotiator and his mandate from Xi Jinping not to cater to Washington. And FEMA scraps its new hurricane plan as storm season kicks off. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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FEMA scraps its new hurricane plan as storm season kicks off.

0:39.3

Plus, the OECD forecasts the U.S. and global economies will lose steam as tariff-related turmoil drags on.

0:47.3

And we'll look at China's trade negotiating team for clues about the likely hardball talks to come.

0:53.3

They believe they're in a better position to drive a harder bargain.

0:58.3

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1:04.3

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1:09.1

It's Tuesday, June 3rd. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street

1:12.5

Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories

1:17.9

moving your world today. Global growth is set to slow this year and next as U.S. tariffs introduce widespread economic uncertainty and risk leading to hire for longer inflation.

1:36.9

That's according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, which projected the U.S. could be among the worst-hit economies

1:45.7

with 2025 growth of just 1.6 percent, a sharp deceleration from a 3.3 percent forecast last

1:54.1

year and a March projection of 2.2 percent. OECD Secretary General Matthias Corman.

2:06.4

The mine headwinds are lower export growth as a result of retaliatory measures from some trading partners, the impact of high policy uncertainty, and a marked slowdown in net immigration.

2:17.0

According to the OECD forecast U.S. inflation could reach

2:20.9

close to 4% this year, part of a global trend that Korman said could keep interest rates elevated,

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