recession
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The Fed won broad credit for its novel pandemic response, took a share of the blame for the high prices that followed and confounded predictions by bringing inflation down without a recession.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The U.S. economy was in a recession when Arthur Burns took office in February 1970.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
But Xi must be concerned about the very real possibility of a global recession stemming from Iran’s continued strangling of shipping through the Strait.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
Still, Powell refused to abandon the idea of a soft landing—bringing inflation down without a recession.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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
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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