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Valerie Ramey is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). She is also a professor emeritus at the University of California–San Diego, where she taught for thirty-six years. Ramey is also a research fellow of the Center...

What exactly is a recession? And what's the difference between a recession and a depression? The answer isn't so simple.

What exactly is a recession? And what's the difference between a recession and a depression? The answer isn't so simple.

Brexit and its devastating impact on supply chains, especially for food, is what sets the UK apart from every other country

The 4 stages of an economic cycle: (1) Expanding from a trough. (2) Peaking at the crest. (3) Descending (“contracting”) from the high point. (4) Hitting bottom and recovering, where the cycle begins anew.

In Washington circles, saying the "R" word carries a degree of risk.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

A majority of independents and Republicans, as well as a plurality of Democrats, say the U.S. economy is in a recession. | Economy

TAMPA, Fla.— It started with COVID-19. Typically, the United States acknowledges a recession when four main factors drop. Historically, the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private non-profit, tracks these factors using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Federal Reserve.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the euro area labour market The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the euro area labour market Prepared by Robert Anderton, Vasco Botelho, Agostino Consolo, António Dias da Silva, Claudia Foroni, Matthias Mohr and Lara Vivian 1 Introduction The euro area labour market has been severely hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and associated containment measures. Employment and total hours worked declined at the sharpest rates on record. Unemployment inc...