CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto July 7, 2024
away. experts believe it could fall to the lowest level since last february, the white house down plays fears of a recession. >> my hope is we go from this rapid growth to a steady growth. so we'll see some coming down. but i don't think we're going to -- god willing, i don't think we'll see a recession. >> let's hope he's right. today's report is the first of many marking the state of the economy, especially this week. tomorrow, the fed will make its announcement on interest rates and will likely hike that interest rate. so let's begin with the economy this hour with cnn reporter ma...