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Moody's Chief Economist Mark Zandi Warns Stock Market Downturn Could 'Knock the Wind Out of' the Wealthy and Trigger Recession

An increasing number of company executives and economists have recently pointed to a widening gap in the economy, where the wealthy drive most economic activity and low-income Americans continue to ... Read More

Even AI can't save the US economy from one of its biggest risks, Moody's Mark Zandi says

Mark Zandi says the US economy is caught between two competing megatrends that are reshaping the world. He sees AI and deglobalization as dueling forces that complicate the outlook for growth. In his ... Read More

How markets could topple the global economy

Yet although a market crash would surprise almost nobody, few have thought about its consequences. That is partly because the chances of a big fall in stockmarkets bringing about a broad financial ... Read More

American gain, global pain

There's a growing gap between America's interest rates and the rest of the world. That's going to cause some problems. Read More

Economist Mark Zandi says these 22 states have slipped into recession based on 2 clear indicators — could the ripple effects hit your wallet next?

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) defines a recession as a "significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and that lasts more than a few months." In practice ... Read More