How to Tell When a Layoff is Coming

The Great Recession ended about ten years ago, for most countries. Now, there are rumors that we may enter another recession in 2020.

UCLA economist Edward E. Leamer predicts that there is a “17% chance that a recession will begin sometime between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the third quarter of 2020.”

If you look further back to the Dot Com Crash, y…