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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the July BofA Survey, 68% of the large money managers now see an economic slowdown, not a recession. The soft landing view was attacked as impossible early in the year and was not the consensus ...

Meanwhile, Hollenhorst said the likelihood of a July cut was bolstered by the prospect of a hard landing and weaker economic activity — specifically, he argued that the Fed's higher-for-longer ...

We remain in an environment where good economic news is good news for the equity market as it increases the potential for a soft landing." – Michelle Cluver, head of ETF model portfolios at ...

MORAN, Wyo. — The post-pandemic inflation spike was the greatest the U.S. economy has experienced since the 1970s, and came after a long period of below-target inflation. As measured by the ...