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 ...

BRITAIN is at risk of sliding into recession after the economy slumped by 0.1% in October. The latest figures from the Office ...

How is the economy doing? It’s a question that many of us are asking, given all of the uncertainty created by President Trump’s tariffs. Should we spend money or tighten our belts? The answer to that ...

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

Given the risks facing the economy in 2026, a downturn cannot be ruled out, Joel Naroff writes.

What I find most fascinating about the markets in general (mostly the headlines in the financial media) is the amount of ...

Here’s a set of definitions for common and emerging economic and fiscal terms often seen bandied about in news reports.

Unless the red flags signaling a recession become more pronounced, it probably won’t be clear whether the United States is in a recession until July. A recession requires at least two quarters of ...

Are we in a recession in Connecticut? The short answer is probably not (at the moment), but we can’t be certain. Technically, only the National Bureau of Economic Research — a nonprofit, nonpartisan ...

Demand for professional Santas and other seasonal workers seems to have cooled. Could that be a sign we're in a recession?

53% of ag economists surveyed in the July Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor say the row crop side of agriculture is current in a recession. Fewer agricultural economists think the row crop side of ...