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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...