The odds of a recession in the US may be creeping higher — but those rising risks do not mean a deep economic downturn is a foregone conclusion.

Is the U.S. economy headed for a recession? Stocks have plunged. So have measures of consumer and business confidence. Forecasters expect slower growth, higher unemployment and faster inflation than they did just a few months ago — and yesterday,

President Donald Trump recently made headlines by stating that he wouldn't rule out the possibility of a recession. The Dow Jones Industrial reacted to his comment by dropping nearly 900 points