Economics

Recession

A recession is a significant decline in economic activity, often defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. Recessions bring job losses, reduced spending, and market declines. They're part of the economic cycle.

Example

2020 COVID recession: GDP fell sharply; markets crashed then recovered.

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