Definition
A broad and meaningful decline in economic activity.
Why it’s relevant today
Investors continually assess whether slowing data will become contraction.
Why it matters
Recessions affect jobs, defaults, profits, and policy.
A broad and meaningful decline in economic activity.
Investors continually assess whether slowing data will become contraction.
Recessions affect jobs, defaults, profits, and policy.
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