From a "K" to a "C," policymakers and economists keep trying to define the economy's shape. It's leading to alphabet soup.

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India's economy grew at a faster pace than expected at 7.8% in the quarter to the end of March. The Middle East poses a severe risk to India's economy and is anticipated to hurt growth and raise ...

Moody’s Mark Zandi drops a stark take on recession on the back of oil-driven economic fragility. The recent jobs report shows 92,000 lost jobs, weakening GDP, and labor-market softness since 2025. The ...

Roger W. Ferguson Jr. is the Steven A Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. Maximilian Hippold is a research associate at CFR. Iran’s closure ...

The latest jobs report showed that the US economy likely added 178,000 jobs in March, nearly triple expectations. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.3%. Forecasts had it holding steady at 4.4% or even ...

The conflict in the Middle East is plunging an already fragile Iranian economy into freefall. The International Monetary Fund estimates that the Iranian economy will shrink by 6.1% in 2026. The regime ...

For the past year or so, economists have remained, if not optimistic about the economy, not alarmed either. Then recently came what economists call a series of “revisions” to data reports. These were ...