The recession metaphor is imperfect, of course. Most people need jobs; that’s not the case with relationships and sex. I talked with plenty of people who were single and celibate by choice. Even so, I was amazed by how many 20-somethings were deeply unhappy with the sex-and-dating lan...
The target for the federal funds rate has varied widely over the years in response to the prevailing economic conditions. It was set as high as 20% in the early 1980s in response to inflation. With the coming of the Great Recession, the rate was slashed to a record-low target of 0% ...
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This deflationary pressure is harmful because it reduces business income, forcing them to cut jobs or production, deepening therecession(even if it is limited to this specific market or sector). Keynes argued that in situations of widespread backwardation (recession), even if the government tries t...
The U.S. economy is having what some experts are calling a "Goldilocks" moment. A panel of economists expect this year to be characterized by faster growth, shrinking inflation and healthy job creation — a far cry from the widespread fears of a recession that marked 2023. The National Asso...
with the national debt ballooning and the day of reckoning drawing near. Voters have now made it clear they want a smaller government, and cutbacks in the federal workforce seem inevitable. One harbinger of coming cuts is the U.S. Postal Service, once thought to be recession-proof itself; ...
The stock market is usually the crystal ball into the future health of the economy, so rationally you’d think market prices would be a lot lower if a recession were close at hand. The answer may lie in three fundamental things.
is currently expecting the Fed to cut rates by more than two percentage points over the next 12 months. Long-term bond yields will not fall much from current levels unless it delivers more easing than what the market is already discounting. That is unlikely unless there is a recession. ...
The world economy is struggling with a deep recession under the shadow of the pandemic. As the virus is still spreading, the road to recovery will be long and highly uncertain. China has largely brought the pandemic under control and became the only major economy with positive growth last year...
While a rise in unemployment doesn't necessarily mean a recession, it does signal that the job market is shifting. Here are the biggest indicators that change is on the way. It's part of the Fed's plan Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has cautioned that a sharp rise in unemployment...