Economists are increasingly flagging the risk of labor market "stall speed." The term refers to a situation where job creation is so slow that it could lead to recession. Stall speed can create a self ...

The U.S. and other rich-country economies may be close to “stall speed,” according to the developed world’s most prestigious economic think-tank, a rate of growth so dangerously slow that it could tip ...

Stall speed is the airspeed at which an aircraft stops producing lift. Unless immediate corrective action is taken, such as reducing the wing’s angle of attack or the weight of the aircraft, the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The recent slowdown in the US economy raises the question of whether the growth of output may have dropped ...

What do we mean when we say the U.S. economy is at stall speed? Stall speed refers to the air speed and angle of the wing (called the angle of attack) needed to keep an aircraft aloft. "An aircraft ...

Judging from the skittishness of both markets and “consensus expectations”, the United States’ economic prospects are confusing. One day, the country is on the brink of a double-dip recession; the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Fear that the US economy is like an aircraft – and has a “stall speed” at which it will suddenly lose traction ...