recession
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If the economy tilts into a recession, then bonds should return to their traditional role as ballast in portfolio.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
America was in a post-Nixon, post-Vietnam War recession.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Its economy appeared on the brink of recession.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Paul Volcker launched a campaign of rate hikes that led to a recession, and the Alan Greenspan era came on the heels of the Black Monday crash of 1987.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
Now the adults seemed to talk a lot about some kind of recession thing that was going on.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Vocabulary lists containing recession
Western Europe - Introductory
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East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - High School
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