What is a recession? What are the key indicators of a recession? How do government and central banks respond to recessions? What are the causes of recessions? How can individuals and businesses ...

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) defines a recession as a “significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months.” Three criteria – ...

How is the economy doing? It’s a question that many of us are asking, given all of the uncertainty created by President Trump’s tariffs. Should we spend money or tighten our belts? The answer to that ...

Discover how the Great Recession caused shifts in structural unemployment, transforming job markets and leaving lasting economic impacts beyond cyclical trends.

Here’s a set of definitions for common and emerging economic and fiscal terms often seen bandied about in news reports.

Unless the red flags signaling a recession become more pronounced, it probably won’t be clear whether the United States is in a recession until July. A recession requires at least two quarters of ...

53% of ag economists surveyed in the July Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor say the row crop side of agriculture is current in a recession. Fewer agricultural economists think the row crop side of ...

Are we in a recession in Connecticut? The short answer is probably not (at the moment), but we can’t be certain. Technically, only the National Bureau of Economic Research — a nonprofit, nonpartisan ...

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The annual forecast is produced by the UGA Selig Center for Economic Growth, which has tracked Georgia's economy for more than four decades.

Demand for professional Santas and other seasonal workers seems to have cooled. Could that be a sign we're in a recession?