The index was impacted by consumer pessimism, weak new orders for manufactured goods, an uptick in jobless benefits claims ...

The U.S. Leading Indicator inched down 0.1% to 99.0 in May, matching the consensus and a smaller decline than April's -1.4%, ...

While May’s drop of 0.1% in the Conference Board’s leading economic index was an improvement on April’s 1.4% decline, it ...

A common definition of a recession is two straight quarters of negative economic growth. But that’s an inherently backward way of viewing the economy. For that reason, many analysts keep an eye on ...

During the rebound from the early April lows, stocks have been highly correlated with economic data. A range of economic indicators is examined to assess recession risk.

For generations, people have looked for small, informal signs that a recession is coming or already here. This phenomenon ...

Five Recession Indicators Now Raising Alarm in the U.S. Five Recession Indicators Now Raising Alarm in the U.S. Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty Preliminary results for the University of ...

What needs to happen before we know whether the U.S. is actually in a recession? What are the indicators that we are probably going to have one? And what are the indicators that we may avoid one?

This phenomenon gives us one of the most pervasive “recession indicator” memes from the days of the early internet: the so-called “lipstick index.” This theory, proposed by Estée Lauder chairman ...

For most of us, however, the dread of a recession doesn't neatly align with ... Yet such subjective indicators — how companies and people feel about the economy — can come to fruition and ...

(Reuters) -A measure of future U.S. economic activity fell in May for the sixth straight month and triggered a recession signal ... manager for business cycle indicators, Justyna Zabinska-La ...