The past has shown that nontraditional measures like brothels, beer and lipstick can tell us a lot about the economy’s health ...

Moodys' chief economist Mark Zandi is worried that strong headline data is masking underlying weakness, while the wealth ...

The S&P 500 typically declined during the first year of the 10 recessions that have occurred since 1957. However, the index was usually significantly higher five years and 10 years after the start of ...

Recent GDP growth is lagging; focus should shift to leading indicators signaling potential economic slowdown. Four underfollowed recession indicators—declining cardboard demand, heavy truck sales, Las ...

While no business is recession-proof, specific sectors offer investors recession-resistant stocks whose products and services are inelastic in demand—even during market or economic downturns. With ...

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, recently warned that the economy is on the brink of entering a recession, as reported by Newsweek. GOBankingRates spoke with financial experts who ...

The next downturn is no longer a distant abstraction. Economic gauges are flashing warning colors, corporate layoff announcements are piling up, and the safety nets that cushioned the last crisis look ...

With a reliable bond market signal pointing to a possible recession down the road, policymakers have a choice: act now to head off the downturn or hope that conditions will change for the better. As ...

Is a recession coming? The very nature of time assures us that, yes, sooner or later, a recession—like all events—will come. But should you be riddled with anxiety about a recession coming soon? Also ...