Recessions are an inherent part of any economy, including that of the United States. Throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries, the nation has experienced several economic downturns, each with its ...

The headline numbers say the United States is still growing, yet daily life feels like a grind of higher prices, fragile jobs ...

Since the Kennedy administration, there have been eight recessions in the United States, as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Five times, equities lost money after including the ...

Recessions bring mostly bad news—escalating unemployment, shrinking wages, falling markets, rising poverty, and surging bankruptcies. But they might be better for your health than economic growth, ...

Years of high borrowing costs and sticky inflation have spawned an affordability crisis in the United States, but some ...

The word "recession" seems to be popping up a lot lately. Economic uncertainty stemming from President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China have fueled the biggest stock market selloff ...

Take a deep breath and make sure you’re well positioned for a potential storm, our columnist says. But stick it out for the long haul. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on ...

The stock market is volatile, prices have soared and massive federal layoffs have sparked economic fears -- to the point that many have started to worry about a possible recession. While the word ...