Who is winning the Russia-Ukraine conflict?
Russia is losing because of recession and sky-high inflation, it looks as if much of the rest of the world is, or will, experience the same.
Russia is losing because of recession and sky-high inflation, it looks as if much of the rest of the world is, or will, experience the same.
After posting negative GDP growth for two consecutive quarters, the US economy was in danger of entering a recession.
The US economy shrunk an annualised 0.9% in Q2, which was far worse than anticipated after it contracted in Q1.
The FED will likely stop raising rates earlier than expected, according to many analysts. This will raise gold prices.
The economic slowdown is so significant that recessions will occur. Many people anticipate that such slowdowns will kill off inflationary pressure.
After a fall in Q1 GDP of 1.6%, market estimates for Q2 currently range from -0.6% to 1.2%. If GDP is negative, it will mark a recession in many people’s eyes given two...
It will be a minor miracle if most European countries can escape a recession and pretty close to a miracle if the US can avoid a similar fate.
For many economies, especially in Europe, the question is not whether economies will enter a recession, but whether they will experience hard or soft landings.
Central bankers continue to claim that inflation can be tamed without causing recessions.
Central banks are pressing on with policy tightening and, for the most part, they are increasingly acting in a more hawkish fashion than the market expects.
The Bank of England has warned that the UK economy could enter recession this year as increasing energy prices push inflation past 10%, causing sterling to fall to a...
The gold price may continue to go up next week as investors worry that the Federal Reserve (FED)'s quick rate hike will push the US economy into recession.
The Federal Reserve (FED) is massively behind the curve given the surge in inflation, and now it is in the process of catching up. This is, however, unlikely to go as...
The dark clouds of recession are starting to hang over many advanced countries right now, but it seems to us that the UK is at greater risk than most, and this clearly...
It will likely lead to a choice whereby policymakers will have to decide whether to accept higher levels of inflation, or to drive economies into recession.
As a result of the unusually high inflation rate, there is increased discussion that several countries may be on the verge of a recession.
Policymakers, particularly at the Fed, might decide to accept a bit more inflation than they have been used to in the past to try to ensure that the economy stays in the...
The recent inversion of the 10s-2s yield curve in the US has revived all those old concerns that a recession could be just around the corner.
The former Bank of England MPC member Danny Blanchflower ever released a piece of research suggesting that the US economy was entering a recession.