If you’ve been quietly replacing brunch outings with breakfast at home, feeling a little too excited about what you can ...

Stocks are rallying — but is a recession on our doorstep?

Recessions feel interminable because of their impact on the job market, stock market and household budgets. The actual downturn might end in 10 months, but it “may take us longer to bounce back,” said ...

Recession indicators are everywhere, but will they all amount to a hill of beans?

Lately we've noticed that something we think about all the time here at Planet Money is having a viral moment: recession indicators! From the more practical (like sales for lipstick going up and ...

There are all kinds of people online spotting informal recession indicators. Planet Money takes some of those to see how they compare to the indicators economists watch. A quick spin around social ...

These days, a recession indicator can be found everywhere you look. Messy buns? Recession indicator. That frozen juice from a can your grandma used to make? Recession indicator. Knee-high Converse ...

“It's unknown whether that response will turn into a recession; we’ll have to wait and see,” said Dina El Mahdy, an accounting professor at Morgan State University, saying key indicators ...

On social media, identifying “recession indicators” has become a meme. A Dunkin’ closing in downtown Boston, in the chain’s home state, is a recession indicator. As is Leslie Odom ...

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Global recession risks have shot back up markets' worry list, but the readout from economic data and key financial indicators is not as clear cut as it first appears.

There are all kinds of people online spotting informal recession indicators. Planet Money takes some of those to see how they compare to the indicators economists watch.