DOGE firings unleash worst February for layoff announcements since the Great Recession
Announced job cuts last month soared to levels not seen since the pandemic in the wake of Elon Musk’s efforts to hollow out ...
Economist who predicted biggest crash of our lifetime warns Trump could be blamed for next US recession
Economist Harry Dent is still expecting a recession to hit the U.S. economy in 2025, but signals that mass illegal immigrant ...
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Lessons of the Great Recession
Cordray gave a talk online earlier this fall, during which he drew comparisons between the nature and effects of the current financial crisis and those of the Great Recession of 2008. He spoke with ...
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CHARTS: How the rich won the Great Recession
From the time the Great Recession started in late 2007 until it officially ended in 2009, the richest 1 percent of America saw its income drop 36.3 percent, according to a new report by economists ...
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Consumers need the CFPB. Remember the Great Recession?
It took the recession and a wave of foreclosures before Congress acted to require simpler mortgage-disclosure forms. That task was assigned to the CFPB, the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D ...
Bear sentiment jumps, knocking on door of Great Recession levels - AAII
Bearish sentiment hasn't been that high since September 2022, when the level hit 60.87%. That year the S&P 500 fell 25% from ...
Will Trump’s tariffs push the U.S. economy into recession? Many economists think so.
Tariffs will affect corporate hiring and put U.S. manufacturers operating globally in a difficult situation, economists say.