Stock quotes may flash by on a screen like isolated numbers, but behind every price is a real business. Each one depends on the broader economy to generate sales, hire workers and grow profits. In a ...

Track your spending to understand financial habits and prepare for income changes. Establish a robust emergency fund based on minimal essential expenses. Maintain a diverse investment portfolio and ...

For weeks, stock markets have been falling, and the plunge accelerated after President Donald Trump on April 2 unveiled U.S. tariffs on virtually every country. Several things tend to happen in ...

Uncertainty about the impact of tariffs, the path of inflation and the trajectory of interest rates, as well as a general fear that stocks remain overpriced, top the list of reasons to fear a slowdown ...

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 ...

JPMorgan suggested that the chance of a recession substantially increased due to President Donald Trump's tariff announcement this week, according to a copy of a report provided to Fox News Digital on ...

It’s an unhappy fact of life: Sooner or later, the economy’s going to take another dive. In the last U.S. recession, millions of Americans lost their homes, jobs or businesses. With that in mind, ...

For months, people have been talking about indicators of the dreaded R-word: recession. There have been the usual suspects: economists, investors, businesspeople and journalists. But maybe the most ...

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 ...