The Latest Breaking News from Recession

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades — and signaling more large rate increases to come that would raise the risk of another recession.

The SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA: SPY) officially entered bear market territory this week after falling more than 20% from the highs. As analysts begin to revise earnings estimates for the coming quarters, one investor says sentiment has become too negative. 

The Federal Reserve is expected to announce its largest interest rate hike since 1994 — a bigger increase than it had previously signaled and a sign that the central bank is struggling to restrain stubbornly high inflation

After the pandemic and now a cost of living crisis, it seems unthinkable that the economic situation could get worse. But experts are pretty certain that the UK economy will flatline in 2023, and some are even murmuring that a recession could happen this year.

Investors wait to see how aggressive US Federal Reserve will be in raising rates; Italian bond yields tumble, euro and stocks rise as ECB holds surprise meeting

The Federal Reserve on June 15, 2022, lifted interest rates by 0.75 percentage point, the third hike this year and the largest since 1994. The move is aimed at countering the fastest pace of inflation in over 40 years.

The stock market tanked in the last trading session after a hotter-than-expected inflation data release. Investors are worried about the possibility of the Fed’s aggressive monetary policy tightening pushing the economy into a recession. However, the market downturn presents an excellent opportunity to add quality small-cap stocks P.A.M. Transportation Services…

The political wrangle could hamper Kerala’s struggle to clamber out of the economic recession

Investor fears are mounting — inflation is at a 40-year-high, the U.S. is teetering on recession, and the S&P 500 officially entered a bear market as it has fallen more than 20% from its previous all-time high.

The U.S. equity market has experienced elevated volatility lately amid record-high inflation, increased possibility of the Fed’s drastic interest rate increases to bring price stability, and growing recession fears. As the U.S. economy is slowly sliding into a recession, fundamentally strong consumer discretionary stocks UnitedHealth (UNH), Assurant (AIZ), Pilgrim’s Pride…

A higher-than-expected May inflation report has concerned investors since this could force the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates aggressively. Since the possibility of the economy slipping into a recession is expected to keep the stock market under pressure, investors could consider stocks that tend to perform well amid an…