Interventionist fiscal policy may have stopped demand from collapsing. But the intervention is so large that politicians are ...

What exactly is a ‘technical recession’? The technical definition of a recession, in its simplest terms, is two consecutive quarters of contracting economic output. If GDP declines for two straight ...

Tech·ni·cal (adjective): based on or marked by a strict or legal interpretation. Re·ces·sion (noun): a period of significantly reduced general economic activity that is marked especially by declines ...

The investment firm said it wouldn't be a surprise if the economy showed strong growth right before a recession started. "In the last 12 recessions, the quarter before the economy went into a ...

There’s no doubt that recessions and inflation are both challenging to live through. During a recession, your job is at risk, your savings and emergency funds can dwindle, and bills pile up. You ...

Ottawa won't need to raise taxes when the recession is over in order to bring the federal government's books back into surplus, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says. In interviews on Sunday with CTV's ...