The U.S. economy is very close to falling into a damaging contraction — and many states are already in a recession, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. Zandi estimates that ...

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The Institute for Supply Management said on Friday that employment contracted in September for the fourth straight month. The employment barometer rose only slightly to 47.2% from 46.5% in the prior ...

Energy prices are abnormally low and supportive of equity markets everywhere. If they were to spike, however, this would represent the biggest risk to the current investment environment.

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The threat of mass layoffs makes this shutdown different, and the “reductions in force” could start in a day or two.