Earlier this year, predictions that a recession would soon grip the global economy were rampant. But more than halfway through 2023, China is the only major economy that appears to be at significant ...
Last month, the US economy lost a total of 701,000 jobs while the unemployment rate shot up to 4.4 percent from 3.5 percent. With the Federal Reserve's current inflation target of 2 percent, this ...
The past two years have been tough on supply chains — a global pandemic and lockdowns, bottlenecks and disruptions that we were still working our way through, escalating commodity, labor and ...
Later in this article, I will display a chart revealing a consistent pattern of when a recession is most likely to begin. From a trader's viewpoint, pattern recognition is essential for successful ...
Energy stocks are set for a higher open, lifted by higher oil and natural gas prices, as well as higher broader index futures. Investors will continue to monitor macro data for the cues on the health ...
The question is on everyone’s minds: "Now that we have major inversion, is a recession coming?" I have gone over this before [see blog: "Requiem for a stock market rally"], but the recent yield curve ...