The financial crisis may be years behind us, but many of the money-saving habits Americans adopted during the Great Recession ...

Consumer sentiment is down, but spending is up. What gives?

Millennials have been through a lot in their short lives. And according to an economist, there are certain huge, once-in-a-lifetime events they've had to overcome that have made them so resilient.

While JPMorgan Chase's Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon grabs a lot of the headlines in bank land, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan was also around during the Great Recession and saw what it did ...

Many Americans are facing significant economic headwinds. The job market is tight, and prices are stubbornly high, with ...

The economy feels uncertain right now. Sweeping trade wars, inflation pressures, sluggish job growth, rising everyday costs — it's contributed to the cautious stance of the Federal Reserve caught ...

The Great Recession from 2007-09 saw GDP fall 4.3%, the biggest drop since the Great Depression. Deregulation in the 2000s and excessive risk by banks were major causes of the financial crisis.

The Great Recession occurred 17 years ago, from December 2007 to June 2009. Led by a crash in the housing sector, it was the deepest recession since World War II and resulted in noteworthy financial ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christian Weller is an economist focused on retirement inequality. The last two recessions before the pandemic show that the ...

Alan Greenspan was revered in the 1980s and 1990s for supporting the stock market, but retrospective views cloud his legacy.

Economic uncertainty often forces a shift in how we spend and save. During the Great Recession of the late 2000s — when unemployment hit 10% and home values dropped by 30% — many tightened their ...