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recession

[ri-sesh-uhn] / rɪˈsɛʃ ən /


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Howe Institute think tank’s business-cycle council, the recognized arbiter of declaring a recession, said it was premature to describe the current downturn as such because it lacked depth and diffusion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

For a while, experts linked the decline to the recession that struck in 2008 when the global financial system nearly imploded, driving millions of people into hardship.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Figures released Friday showed the eurozone economy contracted in the first three months of the year, leaving it at risk of a slide into recession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“Honestly, it looks like the hiring recession is over,” Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, said on a social-media post.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The apparent recession of the galaxies, with the red shift interpreted through the Doppler effect, is not the only evidence for the Big Bang.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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