Learn about economic conditions, key indicators like GDP and inflation, and their impact on investments. Explore strategies for navigating economic cycles effectively.

Depending upon the selected set of goods and services used, multiple types of inflation values are calculated and tracked as ...

Economists use a variety of tools and data to predict how well or poorly the economy will do in the near-term. Experts can analyze figures like the gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment rates, ...

Fears of a recession are back on investors’ minds. But predicting the onset of an economic downturn, let alone the length and severity of one, is difficult even for the experts. As a rule of thumb, ...

The S&P 500 ended its nine-day winning streak, closing modestly lower due to trade deal uncertainties and new tariffs on foreign films. Ford Motor Co. pulled its 2025 guidance, citing supply chain ...

A forward-looking gauge of the economy fell by 0.5% in August, with the dual headwinds of a slowing labor market and increased import tariffs dragging down the Conference Board’s leading economic ...

The U.S. economy is expected to slow in 2026 amid a downturn in optimism among households and businesses, according to a basket of monthly economic indicators. The Leading Economic Index, or LEI, ...

The University of Michigan Current Economic Conditions Index has historically acted as a contrarian indicator for stocks. The highest forward-looking returns for the S&P 500 have come when the index ...

Economist and former Director-General of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chijoke Ekechukwu, has backed the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reduce the monetary policy rate ...

Nigeria’s economic reforms under President Bola Tinubu have strengthened key financial indicators, but labour unions and small-business operators say ordinary Nigerians have yet to see these gains ...

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has held an extraordinary board meeting to review recent economic and financial developments and assess macroeconomic indicators and future outlooks in ...