Economic slowdowns are part of the cycle, but they never feel routine when jobs, paychecks and savings are on the line. I want to unpack what a recession actually is, why it matters for your household ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy entered a recession in February as the coronavirus struck the nation, a group of economists declared Monday, ending the longest expansion on record. The economists said ...

Higher interest rates are reshaping the economic outlook for 2025, forcing investors, workers, and policymakers to rethink ...

A cardboard box recession is an anecdotal way that some analysts predict a recession. While the term is not commonly used, it has been resuscitated in 2023 by Charles Schwab analyst Jeffrey Kleintop, ...

It's OK to calm down about the economy. Yes, Friday's unemployment news was bad. Yes, the NASDAQ and Dow Jones neared correction territory on Friday morning. And yes, the Sahm Rule Recession Indicator ...

In 2008, the stock market collapsed in what would later be known as the Great Recession. 17 years later, those of us who were toddlers at the time are coming of age during a financial crisis of our ...

Illinois’ Democratic Senator PAUL DOUGLAS : THE quickest and most effective way of dealing with the recession is by means of a tax cut for lower-and middle-income groups, i.e., those groups which tend ...

Total factor productivity—a measure of the efficiency with which labor and capital are used—has fallen during the current recession. But, after adjustment for lower utilization of labor and capital, ...

The stressful effects of a faltering economy, skyrocketing unemployment and precarious personal finances can be dire. People take up smoking or use alcohol to cope, they become depressed or suicidal, ...