As the U.S. economy shrinks, fears and predictions of a recession continue to grow. New Commerce Department data shows that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted at an annual rate of 0 ...

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 ...

November layoffs dropped 53% from last month but rose 24% yearly, pushing 2025 job cuts to levels not seen since COVID-19 ...

US bankruptcy filings have surged to their highest level since 2020, with a 10.6% increase in the year ending September 30.

Nonfarm employment is currently 0.00% off its all-time high (data through April 2025). Industrial production is currently 0.26% off its all-time high from February 2025 (data through April 2025). Real ...

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There’s an old joke in economics that stock markets have predicted nine out of the past five recessions. The point being that predicting a recession solely based on the stock market is difficult.

The US Market Index fell 5.04% on Thursday in a brutal selloff on worries that President Trump’s new tariffs will hit economic growth and stoke inflation. Technology and energy stocks bore the worst ...

A new Rosenberg Research indicator shows that only 18 percent of the U.S. population now lives in regions classified as economically expanding—the lowest share since May 2020. This col ...

HONG KONG, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's prolonged recession eased in the fourth quarter of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic restricted a wide range of economic activities, with hopes for recovery ...