WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Whether the United States, the world's largest economy, will slip into a recession is a growing concern for chief executives, the Federal Reserve, and the ...

Recession – or the "R word" as politicians call it – pops up in everybody’s conversations these days, and with good reason. Today’s gross domestic product report showed the U.S. economy shrank for a ...

Conservatives are distancing themselves from their own definition of a recession on the eve of a key Statistics Canada report that will show whether the country's economy shrank for a second ...

The Great Recession from 2007-09 saw GDP fall 4.3%, the biggest drop since the Great Depression. Deregulation in the 2000s and excessive risk by banks were major causes of the financial crisis.

Conservative candidate Jason Kenney laid the groundwork for a broader definition of "recession" just a few short days before GDP numbers for the second quarter of 2015 are set to be released. "Most ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - By some early estimates, the U.S. economy, as measured by gross domestic product, may have shrunk in the three months from April through June. Add that to the decline from ...

Everybody keeps talking about a recession, but when will we know if we're really in one? The classic definition of a recession is a period when the economy shrinks for two consecutive quarters. But ...

The terms stoke outsized panic in some cases and insufficient caution in others. Lately, the stock market has taken a thrashing. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 have each fallen for seven consecutive weeks.

CTV National News: How recession could affect you CTV News’ Vassy Kapelos discusses the two things a recession could mean for Canadians, including less funding for needed programs.

Opposition MPs accused Stephen Harper on Monday of "sugar-coating" Canada's economic reality after the prime minister acknowledged the country was headed for a "technical recession" at the end of this ...

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