The coronavirus pandemic is disrupting the global economy. WSJ’s Greg Ip explains what the Federal Reserve can do to stem the damage. Illustration: Carlos Waters/WSJ News moves fast, and there's ...

If it cuts rates too slowly, it could drag the economy down into a recession. Economic recessions are no reason for panic and have been a regular occurrence for centuries. However, investors can ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has steered the world’s most powerful central bank during a tumultuous period for the US ...

And, though debt can be good, it is fragile. Here are some flashing lights for the next recession. The first is just extrapolation: time’s up! We seem “due”. If this expansion lasts until ...

Many seasoned professionals lost their jobs. Now, experienced workers need to worry about what will happen in a recession. In a MarketWatch opinion piece, Brett Arends wrote, “Age discrimination ...

In a recent speech in Vienna, he dismissed recession fears, saying: "The robust US labour market is giving us the flexibility to be aggressive in our fight against inflation." The Fed has said it ...

In the early 1980s, the Fed was hardly trying to avoid a recession when it raised rates to nearly 20% to fight double-digit inflation. In other cases, some economists believe that a recession ...

A recession is most likely on the cards for the majority of the world, according to a December report from the investment management company BlackRock. James Morton, chief investment officer at ...