Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Economic forecasting is the process of ...

What is a recession? What are the key indicators of a recession? How do government and central banks respond to recessions? What are the causes of recessions? How can individuals and businesses ...

With all the uncertainty swirling around the economy — over tariffs and inflation, the cost of doing business and the cost of living — it was a relief to see the recent solid, strong jobs report for ...

Demand for copper from the energy transition may eventually help the red metal diverge from other industrial commodities that are often seen as economic bellwethers. Copper, aluminum and zinc are ...

Everyone has a different opinion on how best to take the measure of the markets and the economy at large. At Money Morning, we dive deep into the unconventional trends shaping markets and turn passive ...

Financial markets experienced dramatic shifts on a striking Monday that left investors uneasy. An abrupt technological stock downturn set off warning signals in key financial indicators. The ...

Lagging indicators are widely used to measure business, economic, and financial market trends. Lagging indicators measure events that have already happened. Lagging indicators lack predictive power ...

State-level unemployment claims can provide a real-time measure of national labor market conditions and the overall state of the economy. A rapid and widespread buildup of stress in state labor ...

Economic indicators ranging from GDP and housing activity to fuel prices and interest rates play a critical role in shaping demand for commercial ...

The University of Michigan Current Economic Conditions Index has historically acted as a contrarian indicator for stocks. The highest forward-looking returns for the S&P 500 have come when the index ...

The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow tracker of incoming data is indicating that gross domestic product is on pace to shrink by 1.5% for the first quarter. While the tracker is volatile through the quarter and ...

In the early 1980s, during a tense period in the cold war, the Soviet Union feared that America and its allies were considering a nuclear strike and went looking for warning signs. The KGB’s list of ...