Business cycle: Our preferred cyclical indicators are trending in the wrong direction, but they are not pointing to disaster. Shifting toward slowdown: Tactically, the picture has softened. Our ...

The U.S. economy is expected to slow in 2026 amid a downturn in optimism among households and businesses, according to a basket of monthly economic indicators. The Leading Economic Index, or LEI, ...

The U.S. recession fears were partly responsible for the early August slide in stocks and cryptocurrencies. The leading U.S. economic indicators are still pointing to a slowdown, but no longer signal ...

U.S. economic growth is set to cool in the middle half of 2024, with consumers growing more pessimistic amid elevated interest rates and still-high inflation, a monthly indicator said. The Conference ...

Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is understandably vague ...

The Conference Board's leading indicators no longer signal recession. The U.S. recession fears were partly responsible for the early August slide in stocks and cryptocurrencies. The leading U.S.