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CEOs like Elon Musk say remote workers are less productive. But they spend most of their "commute" time working more.

Fears of an economic downturn are once again on the rise, but what is a recession, exactly? We tackle this and other questions here.

North Carolina economists last week told The Charlotte Observer they’re increasingly concerned about an impending recession.

The US Commerce Department on Thursday announced that the country’s gross domestic product had fallen for the second consecutive quarter, although President Joe Biden said the economic data overall “doesn’t sound like a recession”. In most countries, two successive quarters of GDP decline qualify as a recession – but not…

"The fact-checking industry has become a partisan arbiter of political disputes," notes Phil Magness.

Economists were on high alert Thursday morning awaiting data from the U.S. Commerce Department that might shed light on whether the country is in a recession — a question with vast implications for consumers, employers and electoral politics.

The bad news will be a major blow for the Biden administration as it prepares for a tough midterm election season

GDP shrank for a 2nd quarter in a row. While two consecutive quarters of negative growth is often considered a recession, it's not an official definition. Parts of the economy are clearly struggling.

By one common definition, the U.S. economy is on the cusp of a recession

It's hard to recall a White House deploying as much effort to pre-spin economic data.

All signs suggest growth is weakening, but hasn’t fallen off of a cliff — yet.