The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) defines a recession as a “significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months.” Three criteria – ...

Inflation is finally cooling after a bruising stretch of price spikes, and on the surface that sounds like unqualified good news. Yet history suggests that when inflation plunges quickly, it can be a ...

The United States may have just emerged from a long, quiet downturn that never showed up in the official record. A prominent ...

Job security can vanish in a downturn. These professions face the highest risk of cuts during economic slowdowns; see if your ...