FILE - A worker organizes bicycles at a Walmart Superstore in Secaucus, New Jersey, July 11, 2024. Last month's rise in the unemployment rate has set off new worries about the threat of a recession, but it could also be a false alarm. The distorted post-pandemic economy has already confounded a host of traditional recession signals, at least so far. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
FILE - Customers use self check out at a Walmart Superstore in Secaucus, New Jersey, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)