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Jerome Powell says Gen Z without tech skills are getting crushed in the ’low-hire, low-fire’ job market—and colleges are failing them

While a major economic issue, there’s not much the Fed can do about that, he said.

By Eva Roytburg

September 23, 2025

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Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman

‘It’s not written in stone, but that would be my guess’: Leon Cooperman joins chorus of billionaire investors warning of a U.S. recession

April 6, 2022

Goldman Sach's CEO on stage.

Goldman Sachs sees a 38% chance of recession in the next 24 months

April 5, 2022

‘We are facing challenges at every turn’: 5 big takeaways from Jamie Dimon’s annual shareholder letter

‘We are facing challenges at every turn’: 5 big takeaways from Jamie Dimon’s annual shareholder letter

April 4, 2022

Biden cites economic gains, but voters see much more to do

Biden cites economic gains, but voters see much more to do

By Josh Boak, Zeke Miller, Chris Megerian and The Associated Press

April 3, 2022

A woman walks into a store with a large now hiring sign hanging above the entrance.

3 takeaways from the ‘remarkable’ jobs report economists are praising—and what to expect moving forward

April 1, 2022

Yield sign.

The ‘yield curve’ inversion is spooking the markets. Although it’s a recession predictor, history shows it may not be time to sell

By Lee Clifford

April 1, 2022

Homebuyers hit with another blow as mortgage rates soar 24% in March

Homebuyers hit with another blow as mortgage rates soar 24% in March

March 31, 2022

Chart showing year-to-year change in corporate profits

U.S. companies post their biggest profit growth in decades by jacking up prices during the pandemic

March 31, 2022

A customer looks at milk cartons on mostly empty shelves in a market in Spain.

Gas in Germany, flour in Greece, sunflower oil in Spain: European countries take steps towards rationing as the war in Ukraine adds to the global supply crunch

March 30, 2022

RH CEO Gary Friedman leans on a railing while posing for a photo in RH Yountville's two-story wine vault.

This CEO’s apocalyptic economic predictions have everyone talking. Here are the top 5 doomsday warnings from his quarterly earnings call.

March 30, 2022

The U.S. is miles away from true energy independence, and it’s not because of oil

The U.S. is miles away from true energy independence, and it’s not because of oil

March 29, 2022

Fed chairman Jerome Powell with arms held wide.

A recession is ‘inevitable’ after Fed policy missteps, former New York Fed president says

March 29, 2022

Photo illustration of dominos falling.

Oil is entering a New World Order. Here are the big winners and losers

By Bernhard Warner

March 29, 2022

A man in a protective gear in Shanghai.

Sinking oil prices, factory shutdowns, and logistics nightmares: The global effects of Shanghai’s lockdown

March 28, 2022

A trader on the New York Stock Exchange covers his mouth after a tough day during the Great Recession in 2007.

3 key differences between the volatility of 2022 and the Great Recession of 2008

March 26, 2022

A demonstrator holds up a sign that says "rent strike" out of a car window in California.

The dire state of California’s housing crisis: Most residents say they’re worried about paying their rent or mortgage

March 25, 2022

A worker walks across beams while building a new home in Phoenix, Arizona.

Lumber prices have tumbled over 20% in March, but homebuyers shouldn’t celebrate just yet

March 24, 2022

Pierre Andurand

‘Wakey, wakey. We are not going back to normal business in a few months’: A top hedge-fund manager says crude oil prices could hit $250 this year

March 24, 2022

A trader rubs his face at the New York Stock Exchange.

Wall Street titans warn a recession is imminent but its not that simple. Here are the warning signs you need to understand.

March 23, 2022

Activist investor Carl Icahn in 2014.

‘I think there very well could be a recession or even worse’: Billionaire Carl Icahn issues ominous warning

March 23, 2022

A stock trader gets disappointing news on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

January’s huge market correction was just the beginning of a lost decade in stocks, Stifel’s chief equity strategist says

March 21, 2022

A stock trader celebrates on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Stocks shrug off the war and COVID spikes to have their best week since November 2020. Here’s what experts say is going on

March 18, 2022

Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez with arms held wide as he receives foreign leaders in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Argentina’s IMF bailout deal includes a wild clause that rips cryptocurrencies

March 18, 2022

Russian women walk past a poster of Lenin and a bitcoin.

Russian banks are so broke the biggest lender just got the go-ahead to issue digital assets like crypto

March 18, 2022

A Russia girl looks at her phone and another holds up a sign at a Russian opposition rally.

Russia’s social media shutdown is expensive, costing its economy more than $860 million so far this year

March 18, 2022

Men work on the roof of a new home in California.

New home construction soars 22% as America finally starts building houses again

March 17, 2022

A man pumps his gas in Garden Grove, CA.

Gas prices are already expected to top $5 a gallon, but experts lay out a scenario that could be much worse

March 15, 2022

Graffiti of Vladimir Putin in Bulgaria.

Experts say more ‘dark days’ are ahead for the Russian ruble as the invasion of Ukraine continues

March 15, 2022

Elon Musk sold his houses during the pandemic, but now inflation has him saying own ‘physical things’

Elon Musk sold his houses during the pandemic, but now inflation has him saying own ‘physical things’

March 14, 2022

President Joe Biden

Vodka, diamonds, and caviar: President Biden bans signature Russian imports

March 11, 2022

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