Many economists, including Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members, anticipate a soft landing for the U.S. economy that includes slowing gross domestic product growth but no recession.

Luckily, there are strategies available to limit portfolio losses and even log some gains during a recession. A recession is a significant, widespread, and extended decline in economic activity.

Now is as good a time as any to prepare to take advantage of the next recession instead of letting it take advantage of you. The first law of a recession strategy ought to be: Don't sell in the panic.

The U.S. economy entered 2025 with a steady hand, according to the National Association of Business Economics, a group of the nation’s leading economists, with the chance of a prolonged slowdown ...

The resolution of the inverted 10-year and 3-month yield curve usually signals a recession down range. Inflation expectations are reflected in the term premium, which has increased considerably ...

Is there a single word to describe these developments? Yes: “recession.” The crisis was accompanied by recessions in many countries. This pattern is consistent with the historical record. Simultaneous ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

The New York Fed model assigns a 29% probability of a recession by 2025, down from 70% in mid-2023. Kalshi betting markets show recession odds falling from 50% to 23% after Donald Trump’s ...

Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, described the world’s No. 2 economy as being in a recession, if not a depression. Bessent, in further bearish ...

After some three years of weaker demand for package deliveries, the “freight recession” that has weighed on companies like United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. could end this year on ...

This story is part of WTOP’s ongoing series, Trump Impact, which looks at how the new administration could change the D.C. region. Whatever ultimately comes of the new Department of Government ...

Notably, recession odds have tumbled since early November 2024. Kalshi betting markets showed a sharp drop from over 50% to just 23% following Donald Trump ‘s election victory.