What is a recession?

Douglas C. Smith

Liber8 Economic Information Newsletter, 2009, issue February

Abstract: The past year has seen much debate about whether the United States is officially in (or not in) a recession (it is). But just what is a recession? Who decides that fact and how? Or, in other words, what actually makes a recession a recession? Read the February 2009 Newsletter for all the details.

Keywords: Recessions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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