Answers to questions you might be asking about where the market stands. ... Bear Market vs. Economic Recession ... The most common trigger of a bear market is a weak or slowing economy, ...

Now, the market volatility has raised questions about the staying power of the U.S. economy, which had been a pillar of global growth since the pandemic. NPR's Scott Horsley joins us now.

A bear market is characterized by a sustained period during which the equity markets are down 20% or more from their recent peaks. In addition to widespread price drops, market sentiment sours, and ...

The US job market continues to chug along despite heightened uncertainty about the economy and how President Donald Trump’s ...

The September jobs report shows the economy and employment market cooling but remaining steady. The labor market added 263,000 jobs, but that's down from the first half of the year when roughly ...

The economic news that changed the trajectory of investor confidence came Aug. 2 when the Department of Labor reported the U.S. economy created fewer jobs in July than expected and the ...

Market Chaos Could Inflict Its Own Economic Damage A big hit to portfolios would be felt acutely by higher-income Americans, whose spending has recently been the biggest driver of the economy ...

Why data on the economy doesn’t match our feelings. Data doesn’t always show a full picture. Example: Functional unemployment was 23.3% in January — very different than the 4% headline figure.

With just days before Election Day, the U.S. just got its latest economic report card — and it's good, even if many people don't feel that way. The U.S. economy grew at a solid annual rate of 2. ...

Global economic growth will maintain its robust pace next year as major central banks implement a series of interest rate cuts against the backdrop of a strong U.S. economy, according to a Reuters ...

Americans woke up Monday morning to a stock market that was plummeting, further evidence that the country could be heading toward a recession. The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were each down 3% on the ...