How Does the Pandemic Recession Stack Up against the Great Depression?

David Wheelock

On the Economy from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Abstract: The 2020 recession may turn out to be the sharpest, but also the shortest, in modern times and perhaps of all time in the U.S.

Keywords: economic activity; contraction; recession; great depression; COVID-19; coronavirus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-10-19
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