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 ...

The high volume of available news challenges business leaders. Inflation, recession, interest rates and White Houses policy are all important topics, but the day is short and the news is long. And ...

Every day, the market closely watches economic indicators to tell us what may lie ahead. Some of the data comes quarterly, some monthly and some even weekly. Peter C. Earle, a senior economist at the ...

Leading indicators provide early signals about where the economy is heading. Coincident indicators move in step with the economy, providing real-time insights into economic activity. Examining the ...

The U.S. economy is expected to slow in 2026 amid a downturn in optimism among households and businesses, according to a basket of monthly economic indicators. The Leading Economic Index, or LEI, ...

Fears of a recession are back on investors’ minds. But predicting the onset of an economic downturn, let alone the length and severity of one, is difficult even for the experts. As a rule of thumb, ...

Online dating traffic, cardboard box production and movie success offer insights into consumer behavior and economic health. The combined occurrence of informal indicators can highlight broader ...