The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) defines a recession as a “significant decline in economic activity that is ...

The human brain responds more to feelings than facts. This can get in the way of good investment decisions. So, a sensible ...

U.S. stocks careened, yet again, after President Donald Trump threatened to crank his tariffs higher on Monday. While the word “recession” has been thrown around lately, is one really looming? What ...

From trade wars to stock market drops, this article explains, in simple terms with illustrations ... and tries to keep the economy stable – more on these later. Interest rates are the cost ...

A big hit to portfolios would be felt acutely by higher-income Americans, whose spending has recently been the biggest driver of the economy. By Ben Casselman This time, maybe the stock market is ...

But economists say that a more worrisome development may have involved the bond market. The marketplace for federal government bonds is central to the U.S. economy because its trends have a ...