A labor market chart suggests a recession could still be in the cards this year. Unemployment rate trends have predicted recessions, according to Société Générale's Albert Edwards. A silver lining may ...

Revisions in the January employment report may reveal that job growth stalled over the past year, even without a recession.

January 2026 layoffs hit highest level since 2009 as job openings fall, housing market weakens, and credit stress builds nationwide.

Looming fears of a recession have subsided in recent months. With the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates and GDP continuing to grow, Americans’ economic anxieties have cooled. But one economist ...

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Fears of a slowing economy and worries about tariffs have spurred young Americans to point out so-called recession indicators. Some businesses are also picking up on the trend, with dining ...

At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. government approved record-breaking spending bills totaling $5 trillion in a bid to keep businesses afloat, people employed, and the economy from ...