Economy

    Jobs

    Americans have the least confidence in finding a new job since 2013, the depths of the ‘jobless recovery’ after the Great Recession

    Pessimism is “most pronounced for those with at most a high school education,” according to the New York Federal Reserve.

    By
    September 9, 2025

    Latest Stories

    More Economy

    Page 90 of 100

    People fuel vehicles at a gas station in Brooklyn.
    Finance

    Nearly half of Americans say they’re ‘struggling’ with high inflation and soaring gas prices

    By
    July 6, 2022
    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
    Finance

    The likelihood of a U.S. recession jumps to 38% in a new Bloomberg report

    By
    July 5, 2022
    ‘Inflation fighting comes first’: Former Carter administration official warns Biden to focus on the economy
    Finance

    ‘Inflation fighting comes first’: Former Carter administration official warns Biden to focus on the economy

    By
    July 5, 2022
    Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange working.
    Finance

    The S&P 500 just had its worst first-half performance since 1962. Bank of America lays out a multipoint ‘stagflation playbook’ to beat the volatility ahead

    By
    July 5, 2022
    Yasmin Fahimi
    Finance

    Germany’s union head warns of collapse of entire industries due to cuts in Russian natural gas

    By
    July 3, 2022
    Woman using stock trading app on mobile phone at home
    Personal Finance

    How are you getting by in this economy? Fortune wants to know for a new series

    By
    July 2, 2022
    A boat on the canal of Cape Coral, Florida.
    Finance

    This Florida housing market used to be the hottest in the country. Now the wild party is cooling off

    By
    July 2, 2022
    The economy probably just plunged into a recession, according to a real-time data tracker used by a key Federal Reserve bank
    Finance

    The economy probably just plunged into a recession, according to a real-time data tracker used by a key Federal Reserve bank

    By
    July 1, 2022
    Man shopping
    Finance

    Inflation just overtook the American consumer. Are we already in a recession?

    By
    June 30, 2022
    Mohamed El-Erian points to an audience member during at event at The Cambridge Union.
    Finance

    Top economist Mohamed El-Erian says a Federal Reserve flip-flop could wreak havoc on the economy

    By
    June 29, 2022
    Michael Burry at the premiere of "The Big Short" in 2015.
    Finance

    The layoffs at Tesla show that white-collar workers are screwed, predicts hedge funder famous from ‘The Big Short’

    By
    June 29, 2022
    NYSE trader
    Finance

    The bottom of the bear market is still 10% away, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management says. And the odds of a recession have doubled, too

    By
    June 28, 2022
    Cathie Wood of ARK Invest
    Finance

    Are we already in a recession? ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood thinks so

    By
    June 28, 2022
    Illustration showing a man holding an umbrella to shield him from red arrows pointing downward
    Finance

    The housing market is weakening fast—but there are no signs yet that a 2008-style crash is coming

    By
    June 26, 2022
    A man looks at the gas prices at a Chevron station.
    Finance

    Consumers have never hated the U.S. economy this much—it’s a huge recession warning sign

    By
    June 24, 2022
    It’s not in your head: 2 new surveys show the economy hit a wall in June as stagflation becomes reality
    Finance

    It’s not in your head: 2 new surveys show the economy hit a wall in June as stagflation becomes reality

    By
    June 23, 2022
    Fed Chair Jerome Powell at the Senate Banking Committee hearing.
    Finance

    ‘It’s certainly a possibility’: Fed Chair Jerome Powell admits aggressive interest rate hikes could cause a recession

    By
    June 22, 2022
    Jason Furman, professor of the practice of economic policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, speaks during a House Judiciary committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.
    Finance

    Harvard economists say Biden’s gas tax holiday is a bad idea—but something else could work better

    By
    June 22, 2022
    Hate Bitcoin? There’s a new ETF that allows you to easily short the controversial crypto coin
    The Coins

    Hate Bitcoin? There’s a new ETF that allows you to easily short the controversial crypto coin

    By
    June 22, 2022
    A man stands in front of a downward pointing graph with an umbrella.
    Finance

    The odds of a ‘hard landing’ for the U.S. economy are rising, according to UBS and the New York Federal Reserve

    By
    June 21, 2022
    Ray Dalio says stagflation is likely because the Fed is failing to ‘drive the markets and economy like a good driver drives a car’
    Politics

    Ray Dalio says stagflation is likely because the Fed is failing to ‘drive the markets and economy like a good driver drives a car’

    By
    June 21, 2022
    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
    Finance

    Goldman Sachs says a recession is now twice as likely as its previous prediction

    By
    June 21, 2022
    Cathie Wood warns the Fed is ignoring dangerous signals as it plows ahead with draconian rate hikes
    Finance

    Cathie Wood warns the Fed is ignoring dangerous signals as it plows ahead with draconian rate hikes

    By
    June 20, 2022
    Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the State Awarding Ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace.
    Finance

    Putin’s stagflation revenge: Everyone said his war would destroy Russia’s economy but he’s killing America’s too

    By
    June 18, 2022
    KKR says the relationship between stocks and bonds has broken down—and it’s time to rethink the traditional 60/40 mix
    Finance

    KKR says the relationship between stocks and bonds has broken down—and it’s time to rethink the traditional 60/40 mix

    By
    June 18, 2022
    Businessman struggling to move data arrow upwards
    Finance

    The U.S. is hurtling toward a recession. Here’s the best-case scenario for how it could play out—and the worst

    By
    June 18, 2022
    Mohamed El-Erian speaks at University of Cambridge.
    Finance

    Top economist Mohamed El-Erian says the everything bubble is over. It’s a paradigm shift away from a ‘silly’ artificial economic world

    By
    June 17, 2022
    ‘Not acceptable’: Biden rips oil CEOs for raking in record profits as gasoline production struggles to keep up with demand
    Politics

    ‘Not acceptable’: Biden rips oil CEOs for raking in record profits as gasoline production struggles to keep up with demand

    By
    June 15, 2022
    Bill Ackman, chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, speaks during the WSJ D.Live.
    Finance

    Billionaire Bill Ackman rips the Fed, saying markets have lost confidence and it’s time to get ‘aggressive’ with a 75 basis point hike

    By
    June 15, 2022
    Illustration of a man pushing a shopping cart up a chart.
    Finance

    ‘Stagflation’ fears are at their highest since the onset of the Great Recession in 2008, Bank of America survey says

    By
    June 14, 2022

    Most Popular