Is the US in a recession right now, and did the US-Iran war trigger one? Here's what a recession is and what it means to you.

A combination of the words "boom" and "recession" can help explain why Americans feel so sour about a growing economy.

The U.S. has not been in an economic recession since 2022. The last recession was in 2020, at the very start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit, ...

The headline numbers say the United States is still growing, yet daily life feels like a grind of higher prices, fragile jobs, and constant anxiety. That disconnect is not a mirage. It reflects an ...

Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi said Tuesday the U.S. economy will likely avoid a recession if the wealthiest individuals continue to spend at the current rate. In a post on the social ...

A worst-case AI scenario rattled markets, drawing sharp pushback from economists and business leaders.

Economic data still shows growth, low unemployment, and resilient spending, yet conversations at kitchen tables and in group chats sound far more anxious. The idea of a "rolling recession" helps ...

The past has shown that nontraditional measures like brothels, beer and lipstick can tell us a lot about the economy’s health ...

During his December 2025 year-end press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Russia's economic slowdown, ...

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