The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter, but it takes more than one bad quarter of GDP for a recession to officially begin.

You can get in touch with Hugh by emailing [email protected] Economists are holding up recent data pointing to a contraction in the U.S. economy as evidence that concerns over a recession caused ...

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As President Donald Trump’s oft-changing tariff policies work their way through the economy, fears of a downturn pervade Main Street and Wall Street, with odds of the U.S. facing a recession ...

seksan Mongkhonkhamsao / Getty Images The U.S. economy was rapidly falling into a recession amid the COVID ... Only 32 stocks in the S&P 500 representing 6% of the total index posted positive ...

That’s well below the government’s official target of about 5.5%, and would represent “the slowest ... said it was preparing for an economic downturn, pulling back on expenses and new ...

There are also fears that the tariffs could trigger an economic downturn reminiscent of the Great Depression nearly a century ago. The Great Depression was a catastrophic economic downturn that ...