In the past three months, economists have changed their outlook for the U.S. to slower growth, higher inflation and greater risk of recession. The changed consensus in The Wall Street Journal’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leadership professor, job market journalist-analyst, business advisor. Officially, an economic downturn is not a recession until ...

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 immediate, post-tariff announcement market reactions smacked of rising recession risk. Stocks dropped along with the dollar. Oil collapsed. Treasuries soared. Even gold sold off for a bit before ...

Gen Z and millennials are the only generations with current unemployment rates higher than unemployment during the peak of the Great Recession.

President Trump's wide-ranging tariffs have sent the stock market tumbling and recession fears soaring. As the dust settles and markets wait for more information on the result of the administration's ...

The economy contracted in the first quarter for the first time in three years, but it doesn't mean the economy is rushing toward a recession. At least not yet. Gross domestic product, the official ...

It was a well-publicized fact of the recession that black and Hispanic populations suffered disproportionally high rates of unemployment compared to white people. The chart above, courtesy of the ...

Significant market downturns have preceded nearly every major U.S. recession. The stock market’s value as a recession indicator lies in its ability to reflect future expectations. The stock market ...

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 ...