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recession

noun as in reversal of action; reduction of business activity

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Around the same percentage of respondents said they are concerned about a potential recession in the next six months.

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Liquid alternatives benefit from decent yields on cash and wide valuation spreads across various asset classes, and government bonds are priced to provide capital gains in a recession and a decent yield.

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Liquid alternatives benefit from decent yields on cash and wide valuation spreads across various asset classes, and government bonds are priced to provide capital gains in a recession and a decent yield.

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Of those, nine have fallen within a year on either side of a recession, shown in grey in the table, and Colvin has excluded those from his analysis.

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It has added more than $3 trillion in market value over the past two years and contributed directly to a growth boom that has kept the U.S. economy from sliding into recession.

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