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Tag: Recession and Depression

How This Economic Moment Rewrites the Rules

Indeed, the Federal Reserve is trying to cut it off. Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, has described the labor market, with twice as...

U.S. Economy Shows Another Decline, Fanning Recession Fears

A key measure of economic output fell for the second straight quarter, raising fears that the United States could be entering a recession —...

Fed Prepares Another Rate Increase as Wall Street Wonders What’s Next

Federal Reserve officials are set to make a second abnormally large interest rate increase this week as they race to cool down an overheating...

What Is the Yield Curve? Wall Street’s Recession Alarm Is Ringing.

Wall Street’s most-talked-about recession indicator is sounding its loudest alarm in two decades, intensifying concerns among investors that the U.S. economy is heading toward...

Global Central Banks Ramp Up Inflation Fight

Central bankers around the world are lifting interest rates at an aggressive clip as rapid inflation persists and seeps into a broad array of...

Economy Is at Risk of Recession by a Force Hiding in Plain Sight

This past week brought home the magnitude of the overlapping crises assailing the global economy, intensifying fears of recession, job losses, hunger and a...

Voters See a Bad Economy, Even if They’re Doing OK

The fastest inflation in four decades has Americans feeling dour about the economy, even as their own finances have, so far, held up relatively...

Biden Seeks Price Cap on Russian Oil Amid Fears of Gas Shock

WASHINGTON — Relief at the gas pump coupled with this past week’s news that businesses continue to hire at a blistering clip have tempered...

Strong Wage and Jobs Growth Keeps Fed on Track for Big Rate Increase

A surprisingly robust June employment report reinforced that America’s labor market remains historically strong even as recession warnings reach a fever pitch. But that...

Gas Prices Around the World Threaten Livelihoods and Stability

“NO ES SUFICIENTE” — It’s not enough. That was the message protest leaders in Ecuador delivered to the country’s president this past week after...

Highest Mortgage Rates Since 2008 Housing Crisis Cool Sales

For the past two years, anyone who had a home to sell could get practically any asking price. Good shape or bad, in cities...

Inflation Expected to Remain High Even as Economy Slows and Layoffs Rise

“The hunger of children is not a necessary cost to pay to bring down inflation,” Ms. Ananat, of Barnard, said.Republicans, meanwhile, have blamed the...

Bear Markets and Recessions Happen More Often Than You Think

Spending money can be delightful. But losing it? If you are watching big chunks of hard-earned savings disappear, losing money can be sheer misery.That’s...

The Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Points to Tackle Inflation

The Federal Reserve took its most aggressive step yet to try to tame rapid and persistent inflation, raising interest rates by three-quarters of a...

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