The U.S. stock market recovered in just four months after the crash of March 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. By contrast, the bear market that began in December 2021 took 18 months to resolve.

Identifying recessions vs. depressions is basically comparing a significant economic downturn with an even worse, far less likely plunge. Aim to save for these dips.

Since the Great Depression, the US has experienced 14 recessions, the last of which occurred in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Defining a recession ...

New U.S. Census Bureau data show how more accessible and larger boosts to safety net programs kept poverty low during the COVID-19 recession, preventing a deeper economic crisis and spurring a ...

When was the last recession? The most recent recession was during the COVID-19 pandemic, lasting from February to April 2020. The downturn was triggered by the health crisis, according to Dur.

The Trump administration's tariffs are fueling concerns about a potential recession, especially after the economy shrank in the first quarter of 2025. What is recession and who declares one?

While the contours of the Great Recession and the COVID Recession differed sharply, older workers continued to retire and claim Social Security. The question that my co-authors, Anqi Chen and ...

Largely triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 recession saw GDP shrink by about 5% in the first quarter and 31.4% in the second quarter.

COVID-19 caused a sharp and rapid decline in the market, but it also was short-lived and regarded as one of the shortest plunges in history.