Recession

Duke University poll finds almost half think a slowdown will hit within a year

What the National Bureau of Economic Research looks for when analyzing the business cycle.

General Motors is shutting down production of some of its less-profitable vehicles, closing some plants and cutting an estimated 14,000 jobs. It will double its investment in autonomous and electric cars in the next two years in an effort to get ahead of major changes in the automotive landscape in America.  Click the audio player […]

"People don't stop buying a few small luxuries" in a recession, one couple found.

10 years after the Great Recession companies have increased their dependence on non-permanent workers.

The Federal Reserve has been raising short-term interest rates, but long-term borrowing costs have been rising, too. Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 4.94 percent, a nearly seven-year high. Those higher costs are taking a bite out of demand. For example, mortgage applications fell to a four-year […]

The Marketplace-Edison Research Poll also found that more blacks worry a recession will affect them than whites do.

Here's what notable speakers had to say to the classes of 2009 and 2010, when job opportunities were scarce.

Whether your economic anxiety has increased or decreased in the last year depends on who you are, according to the latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll.