These stocks navigated not just the COVID recession, but the Great Recession, too.

The labor market can look healthy in a headline while deteriorating underneath. The August jobs report showed payrolls ...

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

Has inequality declined over the course of the recession and the recovery? In a recent paper, Stephen Rose of the George Washington Institute of Public Policy contends that the answer is yes. He ...

A "job seeker recession" is taking hold as hiring slows, leaving many Americans struggling to find work without the safety net of past downturns.

Key Takeaways Net worth for Americans in their 30s plunged after the 2007–2008 housing bust, suffering the biggest hit of any ...

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 ...

More Americans are worried about their financial situation today than they were during the economic devastation of the 2008 Great Recession. The figure is particularly stunning as it is higher than ...

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 numbers tell a stark story. More than 88,000 trucking companies ceased operations in 2023. Freight companies filed 21 bankruptcy petitions in the third quarter of 2025 alone. Long-haul truckload ...

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 ...

It’s hot NILF summer for American workers. The number of adults who are “not in the labor force” (NILF) surged to an all-time high in June to 105.8 million, according to figures from the Federal ...