Is there a single word to describe these developments? Yes: “recession.” The crisis was accompanied by recessions in many countries. This pattern is consistent with the historical record. Simultaneous ...

The yield curve has inverted, and history suggests that a recession could be approaching. In this video, I explain why an inverted yield curve has accurately predicted every recession since the 1980s.

The Great Recession from 2007-09 saw GDP fall 4.3%, the biggest drop since the Great Depression. Deregulation in the 2000s and excessive risk by banks were major causes of the financial crisis.

Watch as President Trump is sworn in to serve as the 47th president as he takes the presidential oath administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. A recession is coming — whether it ...

Many economists, including Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members, anticipate a soft landing for the U.S. economy that includes slowing gross domestic product growth but no recession.

Despite relatively high interest rates and rising unemployment, the chance of a 2025 recession is estimated to be low. The Federal Reserve’s projections for 2025 call for median economic growth ...

This may explain why a recession has not materialized thus far, even though the yield curve has been inverted since mid-2022. Still, I consider it a useful indicator to monitor the risk of recession.

The consequence is that we are now in a recession. Copied This week, EJ Antoni, a research fellow in Heritage’s Center for Data Analysis explains exactly what marks a recession and more ...

Spencer Platt / Getty Images When a recession or an economic slowdown occurs, the stock market overall declines. Unemployment increases painfully and consumer sentiment falls. Consumers tighten ...

A recession is most likely on the cards for the majority of the world, according to a December report from the investment management company BlackRock. James Morton, chief investment officer at ...

If we end up seeing a recession in the U.S. later in 2023 or in 2024, it may go down as one of the most widely anticipated in recent history. Investors and markets tend to react to a recession ...