Looming fears of a recession have subsided in recent months. With the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates and GDP continuing to grow, Americans’ economic anxieties have cooled. But one economist ...

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 ...

Weekly data for unemployment insurance benefits are the earliest indicators of systemic job losses. Today, about 2.7 million insured unemployment would indicate the beginning of a recession. Layoffs ...

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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 ...

If you’ve been watching the news—or your portfolio—chances are you’re starting to feel the fear of a looming recession. Yet if you were to look at the labor market alone, you’d hardly suspect anything ...

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Japan's economy grew 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the previous three months, avoiding a technical ...