The Latest Breaking News from Recession

The economy has given enough reasons for investors to fret. With higher inflation and slower growth portending further trouble ahead, noted Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) analyst Gene Munster delved into how the economic picture will shape up in the near term.

Although a slowdown in consumer prices in April and the expectation of a flat CPI for May indicate that inflation had reached its peak, the market volatility may not ease anytime soon with the fear of a looming recession. Given the prevailing uncertainties, it could be worth investing in quality…

The White House has gone to great lengths to tout the booming labor market. But stubborn inflation may trump all.

Concerns about the potential for the economy to slip into a recession because of the Fed’s aggressive monetary policy tightening have fostered significant market volatility of late. While many analysts don’t expect inflation to increase further, investor uncertainty might persist through the end of this year. Therefore, we think the…

Stagflation

The Federal Reserve’s aggressive monetary tightening to fight multi-decade-high inflation, and the rising odds of a recession, are expected to keep the stock market under pressure for the foreseeable future. Therefore, fundamentally weak stocks could witness a significant retreat. Hence, Goldman Sachs has recently downgraded The Travelers Companies (TRV), Starry…

The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast by nearly a third to 2.9% for 2022, warning that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has compounded the damage from the COVID-19 pandemic, and many countries now faced recession. The bank forecast a slump in global growth to 2.9% in 2022…

The World Bank is warning the war in Ukraine is combining with other risk factors to create a "perfect storm" and recession will be "hard to avoid".

The US Treasury secretary says North America is facing unacceptable levels of inflation. Meanwhile, the ASX regains some ground lost in yesterday's super-sized interest-rate-rise-fuelled rout, but the banks see their worst day in a year. Australian dollar rises on the RBA's super-sized interest rate increase.