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One of the Federal Reserve's preferred recession indicators has this week deteriorated as fast as it did in 2008, the latest sign that bond investors are bracing for a sharp economic slowdown as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs. There are many metrics economists and investors use to try to predict a downturn. The gap between two-year and 10-year Treasury yields for instance, is a bond market favourite.

Buy-now-pay-later is a juggernaut that’s long been absent from consumers’ credit reports. A recent deal with Affirm means that’s no longer the case.

President Donald Trump's recent executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile has sparked significant interest and debate. This initiative aims to position the...

Offices are full again but restaurants are selling fewer lunches than they did in 2020, the depths of the pandemic

Global stocks are falling, extending Thursday's rout, as President Donald Trump's sweeping reciprocal tariffs raised fears of a deepening trade war and recession.

Airline stocks were among the hardest hit by Donald Trump's tariff announcement. Demand has been waning, but analysts expect airfares to rise.

Wall Street fell sharply for a second straight session on Friday, pushing the Nasdaq toward a bear market, after China imposed fresh tariffs on all U.S. goods in response to the Trump administration's sweeping levies, escalating a global trade war. The Nasdaq Composite fell 3.69% to 15,940.08 by 09:41 a.m. ET, shedding 20% from its all-time closing high touched in December. If the index closes below that mark, it would confirm a bear market.