Unprecedented times call for unprecedented actions. The Federal Reserve, Treasury and even politicians in America have managed to forge together bailout and rescue packages to fight the COVID-19 pandemic-induced recession that goes above and…
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday that the developed nations of the world need to step up to help emerging and developing economies survive and recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
It was a difficult mental and physical transition to move from an 11 year raging bull market to an instant recession and bear market in 2020. The stock market has to lose 10% for…
Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has updated its global economic forecast and now expects the coronavirus pandemic to cause a global recession this year as economic activity tumbles by nearly 2%.
With a recession all but certain in the coming economic reports, it's hard to get excited about some of the economic reports that would have included data ahead of the mass layoffs and furloughs.
U.S. consumer confidence continues to decline, but the slide has slowed. On Sunday, the FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services okayed two drugs for use in the fight against COVID-19.
Consumer sentiment in March declined by nearly 12% compared with February, the fourth-largest drop in nearly 50 years in the index maintained by the University of Michigan.
Consumer confidence fell again overnight, but the steepness of the drop has tapered off.
It was no secret that the number of jobless claims was going to be bad as the COVID-19 delivered an instant recession to the global economy.
The interest rate climate was supposed to be stable for 2020. That all ended in an instant recession brought on by the coronavirus outbreak and after the situation was magnified after an oil share…
Congressional negotiators have struck a deal with the Trump administration on a $2 trillion stimulus package to offset some of the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. Investors are finding winners and losers among America's…
Consumer sentiment dropped again in Morning Consult's daily reading published Tuesday morning. Negotiations between the U.S. House and Senate could lead to agreement on a massive stimulus program by the end of the day.
The recession is here, and it looks worse with each new forecast. Now, Standard & Poor's has issued a new update on the coronavirus impact on the global economy.
The most recent data from research firm Morning Consult show that U.S. consumer confidence fell by more than 5% over the weekend.
This dramatic impairment of economic activity in the United States and around the world will make for some very ugly economic numbers.
