For its current financial worries, Generation X blames inflation. And the COVID-19 pandemic. And the Great Recession. And the ...

Economic uncertainty often forces a shift in how we spend and save. During the Great Recession of the late 2000s — when unemployment hit 10% and home values dropped by 30% — many tightened their ...

Many Americans are facing significant economic headwinds. The job market is tight, and prices are stubbornly high, with little relief in sight. For many people, this may remind them of the Great ...

Speaking to the Illinois CPA Society on Thursday, Fifth Third Bank's Chief Economist Jeffrey Korzenik suggested baby boomers ...

It seems like everyone is constantly complaining about how horrible the job market is these days, which led some people to reflect on how job hunting now compares to doing so during the Great ...

Toumas Malinen, a professor who specializes in financial crises, said the US economy looked dangerously close to a recession.

From January through July 1980, the United States was in a recession. The S&P 500 gained 15.04% over the course of the ...

Is the Great Recession sexist? If you listen to the Obama and Romney campaigns, you’d swear it was. Republicans are pushing the point that the bad economy has been particularly tough on women.

When the subprime crisis broke in the 2008 presidential election year, there was little chance for a serious discussion of its root causes. Candidate Barack Obama weaponized the crisis by blaming ...

The number of properties sold in California over the past three years was 24% lower than the same time period before the Great Recession, sparking fears of a statewide crash. The Golden State had ...

Should stock investors start selling now? History offers some lessons.