Here's Why Uncertainty Is An Economic Killer

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People getting really a bit tired. They they don't know even if something's announced whether two days later it's not changed again. So you really see some fatigue of decision makers.

That's the CEO of logistics giant DHL, Tobias Meyer. For executives like him, navigating the near daily shifts in US economic policy is like driving through fog with no headlights. When the rules are changing so quickly, it's not just hard to keep up. It's almost impossible to make decisions. Should a company build a new factory, order more supplies, hire more workers, and where to do any of this? And when you don't know what's coming, you hit the brakes. But

we haven't, I don't think, spent enough time talking about just the uncertainty out there. Operating

in this highly uncertain environment means go slow. The higher uncertainty and greater risk of recession.

The fear that on a daily basis, you wake up in the morning and not wondering whether which are going to have 25% tariffs, which countries' tariffs are going to be at a %. That's where the damage is caused. So

here's why uncertainty is an economic killer. Joe Weisenthal, host of Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast is with me in London. Joe, great to see you. Thank