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Chart showing the log of the velocity (green) of the U.S. M2, [1] [2] calculated by dividing nominal GDP by the M2 stock (M1 plus time deposits), 1959–2010.The employment-to-population ratio is displayed in blue, and periods of recession are represented with gray bars.
In the Great Depression, GDP fell by 27% (the deepest after demobilization is the recession beginning in December 2007, during which GDP had fallen 5.1% by the second quarter of 2009) and the unemployment rate reached 24.9% (the highest since was the 10.8% rate reached during the 1981–1982 recession).
GDP provides a good insight into what has already been taking place in the economy. A contraction in GDP, especially if it occurs for two consecutive quarters, [118] is a strong indicator of a recession as it reflects reduced economic activity, lower consumer demand, and decreased employment. GDP per capita contraction [119]
Even the commonly accepted layperson's definition of recession — two negative quarters of GDP — occurred in ... It's a rather simple math equation: If the three-month average of the national ...
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. One chart shows why an official recession ...
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]
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]
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".