What is a recession, and when will we know if we are in one? A common rule of thumb is that two consecutive quarters of declining gross domestic product counts as a recession. The U.S. could ...

A shopper browses electrical items in a store in San Francisco. - David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News What is a recession, and when will we know if we are in one? A common rule of thumb is that two ...

The point being that predicting a recession solely based on the stock market is difficult. “They can turn around on a dime. They can turn around in a heartbeat,” said James Angel, a finance ...

President Donald Trump’s new tariffs have raised fears that a trade war will plunge the U.S. economy into recession, which would have major implications for the housing market. Since Trump ...