In practice, a recession is generally defined as at least two consecutive quarters of a decrease in gross domestic product.

Tariffs are hitting broad swathes of the economy in Colorado. Construction, agriculture and advanced manufacturing, like ...

What we're watching What we're reading Economic data releases and earnings The post-COVID recession that never arrived still hasn't come. But that doesn't mean Americans are in the clear.

Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson was a lonely voice on Wall Street calling a “rolling recession” when others saw a boom. Now he ...

The reopening of the government would avert a recession that may have come in the event of a prolonged shutdown lasting weeks ...

The shock, and weaker American demand, would spill over to low-growth Europe and deflationary China, compounding the blow to ...

Interventionist fiscal policy may have stopped demand from collapsing. But the intervention is so large that politicians are ...

Moody's economist Mark Zandi warns that the trend of deglobalization will act as a headwind that could offset the boost ...

A model that uses data from the Federal Reserve System’s Beige Book suggests there is a 24% chance the U.S. economy was ...

Discover how ample liquidity and careful Fed policies are driving U.S. economic growth despite recession fears.

The report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a private firm that tracks workplace hirings and firings across the country, ...

In the end, what ails Chipotle may be more Chipotle-specific than a giant red flag on the economy. There are too many other ...