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The government inflation report being released Tuesday is expected to show that price acceleration in the United States remained chronically high in February, putting the Federal Reserve in an unusually tough position

Robust job growth is great news for the economy, but really changes the Fed’s plans.

A "soft landing" doesn't mean stock market investors should celebrate. Goldman Sachs' chief U.S. equity strategist is warning the S&P 500 will end 2023 at 4,000.

What a difference 30% makes. Goldman’s chief economist sees about a one-in-three chance of the economy shrinking, but CEO David Solomon sees it the other way.

Investment banks see inflation falling in November, but that may not be enough to protect the U.S. economy from a recession.

A recession is likely next year, but it may have been avoidable.

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised its target Fed funds rate by 0.5% in May, its first interest rate hike of that size in more than 20 years. With this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting just around the quarter, the bond market is now anticipating the Fed will ramp up…

As Goldman Sachs warns of a potential slowdown in consumer spending in the coming months, given multi-decade high inflation and Fed's impending interest rate increases, we think it could be wise to avoid consumer discretionary ETFs SPDR Select Sector (XLY) and Vanguard (VCR). Read on to learn more.

Wall Street’s focus seems to have changed in recent days from how fast and how high the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates to the timing of the next recession. The two are not mutually exclusive. The consensus is that the Fed is so far behind that curve when it…

History suggests that the Federal Reserve will face a difficult task in tightening monetary policy enough to cool inflation without causing a U.S. recession, with the odds of a contraction at about 35% over the next two years, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) analysts downgraded forecasts for U.S. economic growth for this year, reckoning that spikes in oil and other commodities since Russia's invasion of Ukraine will hurt spending, reported Reuters. The investment bank cut its annualized growth forecast to 2.9% against a previous expectation of 3.1%.  It expects fourth-quarter…