Here’s a set of definitions for common and emerging economic and fiscal terms often seen bandied about in news reports.

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

There are two options now: The U.S. economy will either muddle through a soft patch, or fall into a sudden downturn. The U.S. economy defied worries of recession for the past three years and ...

From homebuilding to trucking, major parts of the US economy are in deep trouble. The weakness could drag the whole country into a recession.

The United States is not in a recession yet, but a veteran British economist is looking at the data and seeing storm clouds ...

This browser does not support the Video element. Fears of a recession are growing amid economic uncertainty over Trump’s tariffs, the firing of thousands of federal workers, and mass deportations of ...

Unless the red flags signaling a recession become more pronounced, it probably won’t be clear whether the United States is in a recession until July. A recession requires at least two quarters of ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...

New Zealand’s economy is putting recession in its rear-view mirror, with the recovery expected to pick up next year, according to ASB’s latest Quarterly Economic Forecast. ASB economists are ...

Are we in a recession in Connecticut? The short answer is probably not (at the moment), but we can’t be certain. Technically, only the National Bureau of Economic Research — a nonprofit, nonpartisan ...