Bank execs spoke frankly about consumer spending and other economic indicators as recession predictions loom.

The collapse in commodities [prices] is a circuit breaker, a sign that a global recession is afoot,” says Marko Papic of BCA ...

The past has shown that nontraditional measures like brothels, beer and lipstick can tell us a lot about the economy’s health ...

The composite coincident index of the Korean economy in January stood at 98.4, the lowest since May 2022, when Yoon took office, according to Statistics Korea.

Track real-time economic trends with this week's high-frequency indicators. Read more on leading signals on consumer spending ...

An economic treatise by a top Trump adviser is being read as a road map of his tariff policy. But even he says it’s not what Trump is implementing.

South Korea's industrial output rebounded in February due to production recovery in the manufacturing, the construction ...

February’s data shows gains in home sales and spending. Read why high-frequency indicators suggest an improving economy, ...

Less formal indicators of a recession, from lipstick sales to diaper rashes, have persisted over decades even if their ...

Following on from the list of retaliatory trade tariffs drawn up by the EU over the weekend, the risk-off sentiment deepened in markets yesterday, with the US 500 index breaking down out of its ...

Traders typically think of copper as a leading economic indicator; rising prices often predict economic growth ahead. But copper’s rising price may be sending a murkier signal right now.