Lakshman Achuthan

The U.S. economy could be on the brink of a recession, according to Lakshman Achuthan, co-founder of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) and business-cycle expert. What Happened: The ECRI’s Leading Economic Index, known for its near-perfect track record, has been on a downward trend...

Economic Cycle Research Institute's Lakshman Achuthan is confident that the economy is in the middle of a recession that most are blind to. He went over the details of this belief on Tuesday morning's Squawk Box on CNBC. “We've called; made a call for a recession in the middle of 2012 and we're...