The economy is looking shakier, but investors can protect their portfolios with defensive stocks.

The headline numbers say the United States is still growing, yet daily life feels like a grind of higher prices, fragile jobs ...

The Great Recession from 2007-09 saw GDP fall 4.3%, the biggest drop since the Great Depression. Deregulation in the 2000s and excessive risk by banks were major causes of the financial crisis.

(NEXSTAR) — The term “recession” has been tossed around in recent weeks amid economic uncertainty and tariffs that have seemingly contributed to several rollercoaster stretches in the stock market and ...

Some pros are beginning to declare that a recession is coming soon. Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics chief economist, tweeted on Friday that the U.S. economy “has entered a jobs recession” and told ...

The terms stoke outsized panic in some cases and insufficient caution in others. Lately, the stock market has taken a thrashing. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 have each fallen for seven consecutive weeks.

Many indicators point to economic weakness in America, but the downturn may be short-lived. If the US economy stages a ...

China’s economy is a key driver of global growth, but what if it collapses? This video explores the potential consequences ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy expanded significantly to kick off the second half of the year, marking a dramatic reversal from the contraction experienced over the first six months, government data ...