Consumer attitudes toward the economy improved after a five-month drop, but could still point toward a recession ahead.

The 4.2% unemployment rate sits well within the healthy historic norm. One key labor market recession indicator is the Sahm rule, which holds that when the three-month average of the unemployment rate ...

A common definition of a recession is two straight quarters of negative economic growth. But that’s an inherently backward ...

Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is understandably vague ...

Key economic indicators like GDP and consumer spending show mixed signals ... Economists have been warning for months that President Donald Trump's tariff policies would trigger a recession — and they ...

“It's unknown whether that response will turn into a recession; we’ll have to wait and see,” said Dina El Mahdy, an accounting professor at Morgan State University, saying key indicators ...

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Global recession risks have shot back up markets' worry list, but the readout from economic data and key financial indicators is not as clear cut as it first appears.

As President Donald Trump’s oft-changing tariff policies work their way through the economy, fears of a downturn pervade Main Street and Wall Street, with odds of the U.S. facing a recession ...