In a recession, prioritizing liquidity and safety ensures access to funds while maintaining steady, low-risk returns.

The Great Recession from 2007-09 saw GDP fall 4.3% ... from 5.25% in September 2007 to a record low of 0% by the end of 2008. The Federal Reserve also provided debt capital to support the ...

Cordray gave a talk online earlier this fall, during which he drew comparisons between the nature and effects of the current financial crisis and those of the Great Recession of 2008. He spoke with ...

When Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in the fall of 2008, jolting an already ailing ... if heeded — could've prevented the great financial crisis from exploding into raging, ruinous enormity.

The financial watchdog, created in the wake of the financial crisis, gives consumers a direct outlet for complaints. It polls ...

John P. Hussman, who correctly called the 2000 and 2008 declines, said a recession might hit the U.S. economy as soon as in mid-2025.

How long did it take for the economy to recover in 2008? The length of an economic recession is typically shorter than its duration. Geibel asserts that recessions typically last 15 months while ...

Homebuilder inventory is at its highest level in years, a trend real estate experts say could signal a coming recession.

Donald Trump said this week that he intends to impose auto tariffs “in the neighbourhood of 25 per cent,” with similar duties on semiconductors and pharmaceutical imports. He said the auto tariffs ...

Home equity loans have been offered since the Great Depression, but they didn’t really become popular with borrowers until the Tax Reform Act of 1986.

There would have been 2.1 million more state and local government employees if their share of total employment had stayed the same since before the Great Recession. The underinvestment in public ...