Inflation has slowed significantly and growth of the nation's gross domestic product has remained solid, but some economists still expect a mild recession this year. How could a modest downturn happen ...

After a 43-day shutdown, the US government has reopened, allowing the release of crucial economic data. The September jobs ...

In the end, what ails Chipotle may be more Chipotle-specific than a giant red flag on the economy. There are too many other positive indicators on the consumer to suggest the economy is about to fall ...

The "lipstick index" refers to the idea that when times are tough financially, consumers turn to small, inexpensive luxuries like lipstick instead of pricier items. The term was first introduced by ...

GDP measures economic size; CPI and PPI gauge goods costs impacting buying power and production costs. Leading indicators like housing starts predict economic trends, lagging ones like unemployment ...

Economists use a variety of tools and data to predict how well or poorly the economy will do in the near-term. Experts can analyze figures like the gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment rates, ...

Africa Policy Lens (APL) has observed with puzzlement the ongoing and deliberate misinformation churned out in the media ...

According to the Sahm Rule Recession Indicator, we are already in a recession. The Sahm Rule signals the start of a recession when the three-month moving average of the national unemployment rate ...

It has been more than two weeks since there have been any official economic indicators. The ongoing government shutdown has paused virtually all reports from agencies like the Labor Department and ...

On this episode of The Long View, Dr. Paul Ashworth, who serves as Chief North America Economist at Capital Economics, discusses the challenges in economic forecasting, what indicators he’s paying ...