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

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 ...

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

Some pros are beginning to declare that a recession is coming soon. Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics chief economist, tweeted on Friday that the U.S. economy “has entered a jobs recession” and told ...

Recession has been a term thrown around a lot in the past several years. Even though the stock market is back near record highs, trade tariffs, continued inflationary concerns and unknown effects from ...

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 ...

So what if the data show the country has technically been spared from a recession? The average household feels like it’s ...

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“U.S. Economic Growth Expected to Flatline in 2025. Tariffs Are the Main Reason.” – Barron’s (April 15, 2025) “If they don’t change the tariffs, it’s going to be an extinction-level, ...

As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present the Union Budget for FY26, the concept of a "growth recession" is ...