Long-term Treasury yields are at lows that have never been seen before, and parts of the yield curve are inverted. With a fresh case of the coronavirus in the United States, the markets are…
24/7 Wall St. routinely tracks many issues covering the economy and the personal well-being of the average person. With this in mind, we have looked back at our coverage of doomsday preppers from the…
The Morning Consult index of consumer sentiment fell last week as American consumers worry more about the effects of the global coronavirus outbreak.
The "working from home" economy will not keep the United States from an economic slowdown if the virus starts to spread in a significant way in America. However, it will keep some of the…
The Urban Institute reports that while a vast majority of Americans plan to complete and return 2020 census surveys, nearly a third are concerned about how the data will be used and with which…
A new report on wages for U.S. workers over the past 40 years underscores the wide gap between those Americans at the bottom of the economic ladder and those at the top.
24/7 Wall St. has collected many outlooks from semi-government entities and independent research reports from the private sector to outline the expected Covid-19 impact in 2020.
According to a new survey from Bankrate.com, roughly half of U.S. adults are the not-so-proud owners of unredeemed gift cards or store credits.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) warned that the economy, based on world merchandise trade slowed toward the end of last year. Its researchers warned that the outbreak of COVID-19 are not accounted for in…
The Japan Cabinet Office released GDP numbers for the fourth quarter of 2019. They were more than dismal. GDP dropped a breathtaking 6.3%. Combined with a blow to China’s economy, and figures which show…
The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose by 1.1% month over month and 7.6% year over year in the first half of February, continuing a strong showing for the long U.S. economic expansion.
There may not be widespread global recession now, but some economies are more at risk than others. Japan may be at risk of entering a technical recession.
A global recession already has started to spread. It seems less and less likely that the American economy can dodge the carnage.
With more than 60,000 reported cases of the coronavirus and nearly 1,400 deaths worldwide along with quarantines and travel restrictions, the impact of the disease on global GDP is just beginning to show up.
The Morning Consult consumer sentiment index reached a two-year high last week as Americans shrugged off the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
