The United States may have just emerged from a long, quiet downturn that never showed up in the official record. A prominent Wall Street strategist argues that much of the private economy has been ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump calmed concerns of an impending recession, asserting “everything’s OK.” The Bureau of Economic Analysis published its report this week, finding that the economy shrank by 0.3% ...

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.