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recession

[ri-sesh-uhn] / rɪˈsɛʃ ən /


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Argentina narrowly avoided recession at the end of the third quarter, according to data released last week by the National Institute of Statistics and Census.

From The Wall Street Journal

Around the same percentage of respondents said they are concerned about a potential recession in the next six months.

From Los Angeles Times

Liquid alternatives benefit from decent yields on cash and wide valuation spreads across various asset classes, and government bonds are priced to provide capital gains in a recession and a decent yield.

From Barron's

Liquid alternatives benefit from decent yields on cash and wide valuation spreads across various asset classes, and government bonds are priced to provide capital gains in a recession and a decent yield.

From Barron's

Of those, nine have fallen within a year on either side of a recession, shown in grey in the table, and Colvin has excluded those from his analysis.

From MarketWatch