Consumer expectations, slammed by high tariffs, fell 32% this year through April in the sharpest drop since the 1990 recession, while expectations for inflation in a year rose from 5% last month to ...

Higher education generally runs countercyclical to the economy. When a recession hits, college enrollments tend to rise as displaced workers return to school to improve their job prospects. At the ...

Weekly data for unemployment insurance benefits are the earliest indicators of systemic job losses. Today, about 2.7 million insured unemployment would indicate the beginning of a recession. Layoffs ...

It’s a common refrain from real estate gurus when talking about the fragility of California’s housing market. Well, housing and economic conditions today may not be exactly like 2008 – shorthand for ...