Recession Archives

Recession Fears Mount as Key Economic Gauge Drops for 6th Month Straight

Fears of a recession in the United States are fiercely mounting as one of the key economic indicators has recorded a drop for the sixth month straight. America’s recessionary signals intensified in August as a key economic gauge from the Conference Board dropped again. The Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes…

FedEx Anticipates ‘Worldwide Recession,’ Announces Store Closures

FedEx has sounded the alarm on a global recession and revealed that it will be closing multiple stores amid “significantly worsened” economic trends. The company's CEO Raj Subramaniam made the comment during an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday. He was asked by Cramer if he believed the economy…

How to Invest Money during a Recession

With the United States currently being gripped by a recession, many are wondering how they can still invest their money amid the economic downturn. The American economy fell into a technical recession following back-to-back quarters of negative GDP growth in the first half of 2022. The negative growth has come…

Bank of America CEO Issues Warning about Biden’s Recession Rhetoric

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan has slammed Democrat President Joe Biden's economic rhetoric and issued a warning about his administration's attempts to twist the definition of a recession. The Biden administration repeatedly downplayed the definition ahead of an economic report that showed the United States experienced two consecutive quarters…

White House: Americans Who Think We’re in a Recession Are Actually Just Confused

Americans who believe that the United States is in a recession are just confused, according to White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein. Bernstein claims that Americans who think the country has fallen into a recession are basically confused about the source of their economic pain. The top economic adviser to…

Fed’s Neel Kashkari Claims Inflation May Still Be Transitory

Minneapolis Federal Bank President Neel Kashkari has claimed that inflation may still be transitory. The next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting is more than a month away. However, U.S. central bank officials are providing insights into the Federal Reserve’s plans, inflation, and the broader economy. On Wednesday,…

Gas Price Falls for 7th Straight Week but It May Exceed $5 Again Soon, Experts Warn

Gas prices have fallen again for a seventh consecutive week, providing Americans with some welcome relief at the pump. However, experts are now warning that prices could rise above $5 again this summer amid fears of a recession. On Monday , the national average for a gallon of gas fell…

Inflation Forces 45% of Americans to Cut Groceries Spending, Poll Shows

The squeeze from inflation in the United States is forcing a huge percentage of Americans to cut back on their spending on groceries, according to a new poll. A recent survey from Suffolk University/USA TODAY (pdf) reveals that 45.3 percent of Americans have had to cut back their spending on…

Janet Yellen Denies US Economy Is in Recession despite Recessionary GDP Numbers

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has doubled down on the Biden administration’s view that America’s economy has not, in fact, fallen into a recession, despite the White House's own economic data proving otherwise. On Thursday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released data showing the U.S. economy met the rule-of-thumb definition…

Wealthy Joy Behar Tells Americans Not to Worry About Biden’s Recession: ‘Inflation Comes and Goes’

Joy Behar and her co-hosts on "The View" have tried to downplay Democrat President Joe Biden’s recession after the White House released data that showed two consecutive quarters of negative growth. The hosts were joined on the show by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. Jean-Pierre claimed that the latest…