The first-quarter GDP report bears all the signs of stagflation and makes a Fed rate hike all but inevitable, Breitbart Economics Editor John Carney told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow.
There was nothing in the Commerce Department’s report on first-quarter gross domestic product that should give the Federal Reserve a reason to hold back on raising interest rates.
April Is the Most Beautiful Month Almost everyone misunderstands why the narrator of T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” supposed that April was the cruelest month. The narrator begins the poem as a depressive, deep in mourning for the collapse of
The housing recession is over—for now.
It looks like we are going to have to wait a bit before we see the most-anticipated recession in living memory.
The majority of Americans say their personal financial situation is getting worse.
One of the key gauges of the U.S. business cycle is once again ringing the alarm about an upcoming recession.
Fed officials were advised that the central bank’s staff now sees the economy heading toward a recession.
There was no signal in the jobs numbers on Friday that would press the Federal Reserve to back off of raising rates.
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton, Larry Summers stated that the March jobs report
Two-thirds of economists say they are not confident that the Fed can bring down inflation to two percent without triggering a recession.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was more concerned about climate change than the looming risks to our banking system brought on by the rapid rise of interest rates, Breitbart Economics Editor John Carney told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow.
The Federal Reserve appears to expect economic growth to come crashing to an abrupt halt later this year.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell should be removed because he is “trying to drive” the U.S. economy into a recession.
The chances of the United States falling into a recession in the next 12 months have increased to 35 percent because of the “near-term uncertainty around the economic effects of small bank stress,” Goldman Sachs warned Thursday.
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) stated that running a 19%-20% budget surplus is the right approach because he is “certain” that the U.S. economy is going to “soften.” Host David Westin
During a portion of an interview with CNN on Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that while inflation remains “too high,” it has been generally declining over the past year, and she would characterize the process of bringing down inflation
During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week” that took place before the January Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index inflation number was released, Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Jose Diaz-Balart Reports,” White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Cecilia Rouse stated that the January CPI report shows “an economy where we see inflation continuing to ease with a labor market that remains robust”
The strength of the labor market is giving rise to the idea that instead of a “soft landing” or a “hard landing,” the economy may be on track for “no landing” at all. In other words, the long-awaited recession may not be looming in our near future—but that also means inflation will not be coming down either.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday on “PBS NewsHour” that the United States would not have an economic recession this year or next year.
This might be one of the most hated stock market rallies in history. The American public’s bearishness on stocks is accompanied by a dour view of our economic prospects over the next six months.
Germany’s economy shrank by 0.2% in the fourth quarter compared with the previous three-month period, official figures showed Monday.
The layoffs in tech announced over the past month or so have many asking if this is a bellwether for the broader labor market.
The latest economic data continues to point in the direction of recession.
If the housing market is in a recession, why are homebuilders still employing so many construction workers?
This morning’s jobless claims were the latest piece of evidence that the labor market remains extremely hot even as other economic data appears to be foreshadowing a plunge in economic activity.
“What we’re seeing is this slide towards recession happening across the economy,” Breitbart Economics Editor John Carney told Fox Business’ Larry Kudlow.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House Council of Economic Advisers member Jared Bernstein stated that economic numbers “are wholly inconsistent with a recessionary call in near-time.” Host Martha MacCallum asked, “You said back at
During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers stated that while the December jobs
We begin the new year with widespread expectations of a recession. Last year began with a consensus that was wrong in every important aspect. Is this year’s consensus any better?
Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson has warned that Sweden may be facing a recession this winter that may last years.
The Federal Reserve plotted a course for next year that includes sluggish growth, declining yet persistently high inflation, and at least a few more interest rate hikes. It’s a good idea to study this Fed map closely, while remembering the map is not the territory.
With retail sales coming in below expectations, why aren’t more workers being laid off?
Former National Economic Council director Larry Summers said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Andre a Mitchell Reports” that the U.S. economy will have a recession.
On Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” economist and President of Queens’ College Dr. Mohamed El-Erian said he thinks a recession is “probable,” but not a total certainty, and those confidently asserting that a recession will be a short and mild one “are
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” economist and President of Queens’ College Dr. Mohamed El-Erian predicted that inflation will be “sticky” at around 4%, twice the 2% target rate the Federal Reserve has and stated that some parts of
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Early Start,” Professor of Economics at Harvard University and former International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Ken Rogoff said “the odds are very high” that the U.S. economy will go into a recession, we should expect
Everyone agrees that we’re headed into an economic recession next year, but recent data indicates the consensus could be wrong about the timing.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University and the Harvard Kennedy School Jason Furman, who served as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama and on
