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 ...

The headline numbers say the United States is still growing, yet daily life feels like a grind of higher prices, fragile jobs ...

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

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

There are two options now: The U.S. economy will either muddle through a soft patch, or fall into a sudden downturn. The U.S. economy defied worries of recession for the past three years and ...

Stagflation looks increasingly likely in 2026 as the economy looks on track to grow below-trend while inflation runs ...

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 ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...

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 ...

The “K-shaped economy” describes how wealthy Americans enjoy rising incomes and wealth while lower-income households struggle ...

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 ...

From corporate executives to Wall Street analysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the “K-shaped economy” are rapidly proliferating. So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper part of the ...