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As tariff uncertainty continues to roil the stock market, some economists believe the U.S. could be headed toward a recession, a possibility that even the Trump administration has declined to rule out ...

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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 ...

There are all kinds of people online spotting informal recession indicators. Planet Money takes some of those to see how they compare to the indicators economists watch. A quick spin around social ...

“Bad losses in bad times.” That’s what author and investment advisor William Bernstein believes is a key risk for investors: the prospect of having to draw on their investment portfolios due to job ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 18: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the William McChesney ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christian Weller is an economist focused on retirement inequality. The last two recessions before the pandemic show that the ...