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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A three-year recession in the freight market may be finally nearing its end. Bank of America said in a note on Thursday that proprietary ...

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 ...

Forget this week's minor decrease in the UK inflation number. The most important European data release was the confirmation from Germany that, during 2024, its economy contracted for the second ...

The firm sees a potential end to the freight recession in 2025, as well as benefits from the company’s dynamic pricing model and cost initiatives. "We believe these gains will work to offset ...

I think that will continue into 2025. In a way, we are in a geopolitical recession. Fortunately, it hasn’t impacted the global economy as badly as it could have. We’re still expecting more ...

Central 1 chief economist Bryan Yu said he thinks Canada will alter its immigration policy to allow more skilled permanent residentsRob Kruyt, BIV Debate around whether Canada is in a recession is ...

The fires struck as California’s economy was still recovering from the brief but sharp recession that hit the state five years ago when Newsom ordered shutdowns to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. About ...

A top Bank of England official last night said interest rates may need to be cut as many as six times this year to stave off recession fears as Labour’s jobs tax bites. Alan Taylor, a member of ...