The Latest Breaking News from Recession

In the first half of 2023, mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals dropped to multi-year lows. Is this a harbinger for a recession?

NIKE (NKE) faces margin pressures as consumers pull back on spending amid recession concerns. The company saw a significant decline in its bottom line in the last reported quarter. So, will it be worth investing in this sportswear giant now? Keep reading.

After a record-breaking run that saw mortgage rates plunge to all-time lows and home prices soar to new highs, the U.S. housing market finally started slowing in late 2022. Mortgage companies engaged in mass layoffs, real estate economists lamented a “housing recession” and home prices seemed poised for a correction.

So far the immaculate disinflation — what had seemed a remote scenario in which inflation comes down without a recession — has materialized.

The housing market is full of surprises. Sentiment among homebuilders has been perking up, their stocks are surging, and new home sales are at the strongest since early 2022. All in the face of persistently high mortgage rates.

Asian shares are mostly higher after a rally on Wall Street driven by reports that showed inflation abating, assuaging fears over the threat of a recession

THE Tories are taking the UK to the “brink of recession”, with fears an economic downturn is the Westminster government’s “only plan” to…

Of the 27 leading economists assembled by The Conversation to forecast the financial year that’s just begun, every one expects inflation to continue to fall.

The SNP Westminster leader hit out at the UK Government’s handling of the economy.

According to some in the City, the UK will have to keep prices flat for the next seven years to make up for the last three. Really?

Halfway through the year, hopes about AI and a sturdier-than-expected economy are leading to a big rally in stock markets — but a lot of uncertainty still lies ahead.