Soft landing the U.S. economy is like an economic nirvana: inflation is low and the job market is strong. But soft landings are rare. WSJ’s Nick Timiraos explains why, and how the Federal ...

After more than a year of nonstop jitters about a looming recession, a majority of America's leading CEOs now anticipate that the U.S. economy will expand by 1.5% this year, according to a ...

Some economists foresee a “soft landing” in 2025 ... could mean that economic growth comes in lower than expected. “A hard landing, or recession, is not our base case, but the risk of ...

Recession is the key difference between a soft landing and a hard landing in the U.S. economy ... was kept quite low in an attempt to stimulate economic demand in the wake of the weakness caused ...

"I either think we need to say we had a very hard soft landing, or we had a very soft hard landing," she said. "But either way, we landed." Though inflation is currently just under 3%, a fraction ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 37, No. 1, Winter 2023 Landings, Soft and Hard: The ...

Sen. John Kennedy (R., La.) had an unusual request for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at Tuesday’s congressional hearing. He dryly asked why the central bank chief wasn’t taking more credit for ...

Of course, a soft landing is possible, but investors should position for the most likely outcome and ignore economic narratives. Historically, the stock market peaks just before a recession and ...

When the Fed is concerned about inflation, it takes tightening measures to moderate the pace of economic growth ... or what we might call a hard landing. Ideally, the Fed wants to raise interest ...

The stock market opened higher Thursday because the latest economic data really do suggest a “soft landing” is underway. Who needs Nvidia, anyway? The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 299 ...

As 2025 begins, several questions hang in the air as the effects of the monumental changes of 2024 take shape. Will the Federal Reserve continue its rate cuts as inflation slowly drops? How will ...