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      • A recession is a prolonged period of negative economic growth in a country. It's 1 of 4 phases in the endless economic circle of life, spanning from growth to peak to recession to trough (aka the bottom of the recession)—and back again.
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  2. Apr 16, 2024 · A recession is a significant, pervasive, and persistent decline in economic activity. Economists measure a recession's length from the prior expansion's peak to the downturn's...

  3. Feb 19, 2024 · Besides a prolonged decline in gross domestic product (GDP), one of the most obvious measures of a recession is the unemployment rate. When this begins to rise, it can trigger a domino effect of economic consequences as demand for goods and services slows down.

  4. Jul 26, 2022 · What is the official definition of a recession? The two-quarter rule gained a foothold because of its simplicity for the public, news outlets, and politicians, said Ernie Goss, a Creighton ...

  5. Feb 13, 2024 · NBER has its own definition of what constitutes a recession, namely “a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible...

  6. Feb 1, 2023 · Recession is one of those terms you hear a lot in tough economic times. Yet what exactly does it mean? The most common definition is two quarters in a row of declining Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

  7. Sep 2, 2022 · In short, a period of significant decline in economic activity. A recession typically leads to drops in output and investment, falling profits for businesses and rising unemployment.

  8. Jun 13, 2023 · Some people use an informal measure to say the economy is in a recession: when gross domestic product (GDP), or the economy’s output, declines for two fiscal quarters in a row. But while these things tend to go hand in hand, that’s not an official designation.