The U.S. Commerce Department reported on July 28 that the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell at an annual rate of 0.9% in the second quarter, marking two consecutive quarters of decline. GDP ...

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so ...

The U.S. may register a second straight quarter of economic contraction, one benchmark of a recession. But that won’t be the last word. By Ben Casselman The United States is not in a recession.

The White House recently laid out why two quarters of negative growth doesn't always signal a recession. Yet a growing number of voices has accused the administration of changing the definition of a ...

A Beckley Common Council workshop on Tuesday sparked a debate on the definition of economic development and how it relates to the more than 100-acre Pinecrest Business and Technology Park property in ...

Recession – or the "R word" as politicians call it – pops up in everybody’s conversations these days, and with good reason. Today’s gross domestic product report showed the U.S. economy shrank for a ...

America’s GDP fell at a 0.9% annualized rate in the second quarter, a preliminary estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed Thursday morning. The report marks the second straight quarter of ...

Minnesota has now logged two consecutive quarters of declining economic output, which is one of the commonly used signals of a recession. But as with the U.S., which also saw small drops in gross ...