US Recession 2022: Joe Biden downplays risk, says 'it will be very slight'

U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview released on Tuesday that he did not think there would be a recession, but that if it happened it would only be "very slight." "I don't think there will be a recession," he told CNN. "If it is, it'll be a very slight recession. That is, we'll move down slightly."