The Latest Breaking News from Economic Growth

Goldman Sachs economists slashed U.S. growth forecasts and warned of potential recession risks earlier this month, citing uncertainty surrounding the Federal Reserve’s tighter monetary policy to fight 40-year high inflation. In navigating growing economic risks, defensive ETFs like Fidelity MSCI Utilities (FUTY), GraniteShares Gold (BAR), and Consumer Staples Select (XLP)…

Asian stocks were mixed Monday as inflation fears and concerns about low economic growth weighed on markets. Investors will be looking to the release on Wednesday of notes from the latest Federal Reserve committee meeting for clues on further rate hikes by the US central bank. Wall Street ended the…

The United Nations is significantly lowering its forecast for global economic growth this year from 4% to 3.1%

Energy is the double-edged sword at the root of the climate crisis. Cheap energy has improved lives and underpinned massive economic growth. But because most of it comes from burning hydrocarbon fuels, we’re now left with a legacy of high atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and an emissions-intensive economy.

The European Union has slashed its forecasts for economic growth in the 27-nation bloc amid the prospect of a drawn-out Russian war in Ukraine and disruptions to energy supplies

I’m of the belief that mortgage rates won’t be going as high as some people are forecasting, at least not nearly as quickly. I say this because the dynamic between inflation, FED rate hikes, economic growth, and the bond markets should cause the yield curve to flatten and even invert…

An study of the factors behind economic growth attempts to reveal the ‘great cogs’ that drive development

When wages don’t grow, household expenditures and ultimately business profits stagnate as well. Here’s how this has played out in Taiwan.

Consumers were less willing to buy a car as slowing economic growth and fallout from the pandemic weakened confidence, industry organization says