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  2. Recession - Wikipedia

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    There is no official definition of a recession, according to the IMF. [3] In the United States, a recession is defined as "a significant decline in economic activity spread across the market, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales."

  3. Great Recession in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The GDP bottom, or trough, was reached in the second quarter of 2009 (marking the technical end of the recession that is defined by "a period of falling economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales"). [3]

  4. Recessions Explained: Definition, Warning Signs and What ...

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    The gross domestic product sometimes doesn’t decline in a recession, but it dropped 5.0% in the first quarter of 2020 and 32.9% in the second quarter. ... By definition, a recession has to last ...

  5. Global recession - Wikipedia

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    The International Monetary Fund defines a global recession as "a decline in annual per‑capita real World GDP (purchasing power parity weighted), backed up by a decline or worsening for one or more of the seven other global macroeconomic indicators: Industrial production, trade, capital flows, oil consumption, unemployment rate, per‑capita investment, and per‑capita consumption".

  6. EXPLAINER-Is the U.S. in a recession? GDP is not the ... - AOL

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    The "two quarters" definition is not how economists think about business cycles, because GDP is a broad measure that can be influenced by factors like government spending or international trade ...

  7. Recessions Explained: Definition, Warning Signs and What ...

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    A recession begins when the economy reaches a peak of economic activity and ends when the economy reaches its trough. Economic Recessions in the U.S. Recessions are a normal part of the business ...

  8. U.S. economic performance by presidential party - Wikipedia

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    GDP is a measure of both the economic production and income. The Economist reported in August 2014 that real (inflation-adjusted) GDP growth averaged about 1.8 percentage points faster under Democrats, from Truman through Obama's first term, which ended in January 2013. [2]

  9. One chart shows why an official recession call isn't coming ...

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    The NBER officially calls U.S. recessions, and data from Bank of America shows why this group won't be in a rush to declare the U.S. economy in recession.