We take a look inside the world of economic forecasting and ask whether predictions are reliable.
The Conference Board’s closely-watched index has fallen consistently since February 2022, indicating higher risk of recession.
As inflation hits 40-year highs on several key metrics, not all economists agree on the causes.
For Ellen Zentner, chief U.S. economist at Morgan Stanley, the pandemic meant scrapping all the models and going back to the fundamentals.
The NYU professor and World Bank chief economist has caused a bit of hubub in the dismal science.
Rattled investors can turn risk averse.