Global markets have been rocked by volatility this week as investors grow increasingly wary of the risk of recession in America.

Here's what to know about the economic indicators of a recession and how Trump's policies might affect Washington state's economic outlook. The National Bureau of Economic Research defines recession as a "significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and that lasts more than a few months.

President Donald Trump downplayed a sharp market selloff spurred by worries that his tariff agenda will drag the world’s largest economy into a downturn, saying he did not foresee the US going into a recession.

A federal judge on Monday determined that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, handing a win to an independent watchdog group that sought to shed light on the budget-slashing agency.