recession
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The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday the global economy was at risk of recession if the war continued and high energy prices persisted.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
If GDP falls for two quarters in a row, that is known as a recession.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
He sees that possible as fears over energy shortages and rate hikes could trigger “eventual negative growth shocks around the world,” potentially dragging major economies into recession.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
An oversized rise in borrowing costs driven by participants in financial markets, though, risks pushing an already-weakened economy into recession.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The most obvious explanation of the red shift was in terms of the Doppler effect: the galaxies were receding from us; the more distant the galaxy the greater its speed of recession.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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