Consumer sentiment is down, but spending is up. What gives?

The flow of U.S. credit-card balances into serious 90+ day delinquency stood at 6.97% in Q2 2026, marking the 10th ...

The smartest move is to simply do nothing.

With heightened economic uncertainty, many are wondering whether the United States will enter into a recession in the near ...

There have been two recessions over the past 20 years, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and this Vanguard exchange-traded fund (ETF) has outperformed ...

These 12 jobs grew through the Great Recession and the COVID downturn and are still expanding. BLS data shows which careers ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...