Key recession signals include the Leading Economic Index, Consumer Confidence Index, plunging lumber prices, and freight ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leadership professor, job market journalist-analyst, business advisor. Officially, an economic downturn is not a recession until ...

While the coming recession should not rival the Great Depression, it is expected to be deeper and more prolonged than the ...

The Fed cut rates to 3.5%–3.75%, but rising layoffs, bankruptcies, and weak growth are fueling fears of a US recession.

What is a recession? What are the key indicators of a recession? How do government and central banks respond to recessions? What are the causes of recessions? How can individuals and businesses ...

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In the past three months, economists have changed their outlook for the U.S. to slower growth, higher inflation and greater risk of recession. The changed consensus in The Wall Street Journal’s ...

President Trump's wide-ranging tariffs have sent the stock market tumbling and recession fears soaring. As the dust settles and markets wait for more information on the result of the administration's ...

The economy contracted in the first quarter for the first time in three years, but it doesn't mean the economy is rushing toward a recession. At least not yet. Gross domestic product, the official ...

President Donald Trump has rarely passed up the opportunity to tell Americans that the U.S. economy, with his hand at the wheel, is roaring. His administration has held up GDP growth rates, high ...