Since the start of the year, markets have been under pressure. Several factors have led to a global selloff in stocks, bonds and currencies. People are now debating about whether we are in for a ...
When an economic storm rolls in, you might wonder if the economy has hit a recession or depression. Although both indicate difficult economic downturns, the causes and effects of each vary. Let's take ...
Historically, recessions have been defined by consecutive quarters of economic contraction, while depressions imply something much more severe: a prolonged decline marked by systemic breakdown. By ...
What makes a recession a depression? And what constitutes a recession in the first place? Unfortunately, there's no simple answer. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has declared a dozen ...
A new Gallup poll finds that more than half of Americans believe the economy is still in a recession or a depression, although it's actually experiencing a moderate recovery. The poll finds that 26 ...
Canadians shouldn’t be too quick to think of an early end to the present downturn, says Canadian bond rating agency DBRS. It’s only just begun. “We don’t want to be alarmist, but we do want to ...
The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. U.S. President Donald Trump, seen at the White House on Tuesday inside a Tesla with his ...
Business and financial leaders say trade tensions are the most important factor the Canadian economy faces and a recession is ...
The story of the Great Depression is often told in pictures: while few people recognize the names "Smoot-Hawley" or "Schechter Poultry," photographs of bank runs and bread lines continue to pack a ...