Most economists expect the U.S. economy to avoid a recession and grow moderately in 2026, though inflation could remain above ...

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

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) defines a recession as a “significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months.” Three criteria – ...

The Q1 2025 GDP results are in, and the results were not exactly encouraging. While in a typical quarter the U.S. GDP grows by 2% to 4%, in Q1 2025, the economy actually shrank. Considering that two ...

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.

Inflation is finally cooling after a bruising stretch of price spikes, and on the surface that sounds like unqualified good ...

Job security can vanish in a downturn. These professions face the highest risk of cuts during economic slowdowns; see if your ...

The terms stoke outsized panic in some cases and insufficient caution in others. Lately, the stock market has taken a thrashing. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 have each fallen for seven consecutive weeks.