Page 49 - Us Economy

Are superstar companies killing competition and taking over the US economy?

If competition is dying, govt needs to attack the problem somehow - blocking mergers, breaking up cos, or enacting policies like minimum wages and union-friendly laws that balance out corporate power

US economy posts 3.2% growth in first quarter on shrinking trade deficit

Fears of a recession were stoked by a brief inversion of the US Treasury yield curve last month

How to say the 'R-word': Bank executives in US grapple with recession talk

Although many economists are predicting a downturn, a big bank executive doing so can become a self-fulfilling prophecy

Los Angeles County, the home of Hollywood that crowns American economy

More than 10 million people live in Los Angeles County, making it the most populous county in the country

Fed Reserve Bank's Evan says US economy solid even as bond yields slide

The yield curve inverted on Friday for the first time since mid-2007

Market concentration is hurting US economy

The federal budget deficit will reach $900 billion this year, and will surpass the $1 trillion mark every year after 2021

Record-long govt shutdown clouds outlook for consumer-driven US economy

Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of US economic activity, and the 4% jump in household spending on goods last year was a major reason the economy probably grew by a healthy 3% in 2018

Broadest growth slowdown in decades taking a toll on US economy

Broadest slowdown in growth signal US economy flashes warning signs of impending slowdown: Kemp

Economy is strong. Leadership is shaky. Which will win out in 2019?

The boom year of 2018 may be unlikely to repeat itself

US economy may face stagflation: ex-Fed chief Alan Greenspan warns

Greenspan, who famously warned more than two decades ago about "irrational exuberance" in the stock market, also said the party's over on Wall Street

'Sharper' US slowdown in 2020; recession unlikely, says top IMF economist

The IMF has already revised downward its 2019 growth prediction for the US, to 2.5% from the 2.8% expected for this year

Free enterprise nation: Innovation gets capitalism working in the US again

Capitalism in the US benefits from established bankruptcy law, relatively low taxes, and the protection of intellectual property.

US recession likely in two years, risk Fed delivers fewer hikes: Poll

GDP growth is then forecast to slow to 2.0-2.5 percent throughout 2019 and then down to 1.8 percent by mid-2020

How US Fed's jobs may get a lot more complicated after likely December hike

An interest-rate increase at the Dec 18-19 gathering of the U.S. central bank is priced at around 70 percent odd

Dominant companies can reduce competition, leave many behind: Explained

'A world without regulation means you're either at the table or on the menu,' said Roni Michaely, a University of Geneva professor

The outlook for the US economy

It is not a pretty picture. The next economic downturn is likely to be deeper and longer

US growth slows less than expected in Q3, on track to hit 3% annual target

But business spending stalled and residential investment declined for a third straight quarter, potential red flags to the economic expansion that is now in its ninth year

US Fed's current policy path would boost recession risk: St Louis Fed chief

Policymakers expect to raise rates again in December, and several times next year before the fed funds rate tops out at 3.40 per cent in 2020

Severe recession would slash US net worth by about $5 trillion: IMF

The fund pointed to rising trade tensions as a cause for worry and also predicted slower growth in the United States next year and beyond

10 years after Lehman, has US sluggishness just snapped back to normal?

Even former skeptics have become open to the idea that a recent rise in productivity may turn into a trend, drawing comparisons with the "Great Moderation" period of growth during the 1990s