For years, one of the best-known recession indicators has been the “lipstick index,” which posits that Americans stock up on ...

If you feel like you're in a recession, it could just be where you live, says economist Mark Zandi. He says 70% of states are ...

Economists are warning that the fate of California and New York’s economy could determine whether the entire country is able ...

As two of the country’s biggest states by GDP, their economies ‘may be canaries in the coal mine,’ one economist notes ...

Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia, which comprise about a third of U.S. economic activity, are already in a ...

“SNAP was the most shovel-ready economic stimulus program that we had,” recalled Kathleen Merrigan, who was deputy secretary of Agriculture when the Obama administration was confronting the Great ...

Three factors — slowing immigration, tariffs and federal job cuts — are driving the contraction, according to a new analysis.

Near the end of Trump’s first term, the coronavirus froze the economy in place, causing a brief but extreme recession and a ...

Mark Zandi's analysis revealed recession risks are spread among states around the country, with the DC area particularly ...

The chief US economist at Jefferies tells Business Insider that he's eyeing two spots in the labor market to signal a red ...