A key market data point is signaling fear about America’s economy

While the stock market hovers near record highs, a shift in the bond market is signaling mounting concerns about the economy’s health. Read More

The US economy has come down with a case of early-onset stagflation

Two key reports released Thursday showed the US economy may be in a state of early-onset stagflation — a toxic one-two punch of slow economic growth and rising prices. Read More

Economic Data Has Taken a Dark Turn. That Doesn’t Mean a Crash Is Near.

Inflation is up and job creation down, but the U.S. economy could still pull through without too much pain. By Lydia DePillis At the moment, the American economy feels a little bit like a hot August ... Read More

Leading economist issues stark recession warning for struggling US economy

A leading economist is warning that the U.S. economy is on the brink of recession after incoming economic data last week signaled labor market conditions are softening as inflation is rising, which ... Read More

'On the precipice of recession': A top economist warns that not even the Fed may be able to rescue the US from a downturn

Mark Zandi, the chief economist of Moody's, has a grim prediction for the US economy. He says he sees the US economy teetering at the edge of a recession. Zandi attributes economic pressures to ... Read More

The labor market just hit a wall. Here's what experts say it means for the economy and your job.

Friday's disappointing July employment report delivered a reality check on the U.S. economy, with the data suggesting the job market is wobbling from the uncertainty of on-again, off-again tariffs. Read More

Nobody’s Buying Homes, Nobody’s Switching Jobs—and America’s Mobility Is Stalling

Americans are stuck in place. People are moving to new homes and new cities at around the lowest rate on record. Companies have fewer roles for entry-level workers trying to launch their lives. Read More

The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away

Of all the terrible things Donald Trump has said and done as president, the most dangerous one just happened on Friday. Trump, in effect, ordered our trusted and independent government office of ... Read More

William Watson: The 'post-American world economy' will be a grim place

Unique in so many ways already, Donald Trump has broken yet another precedent and prompted a special pre-release of the Fraser Institute’s “ Economic Freedom of the World ” report. This week’s spoiler ... Read More