recession
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If GDP falls for two quarters in a row, that is known as a recession.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
It almost seems hard to believe in hindsight, but Wall Street economists saw a recession as a near-certainty after the previous oil price spike in 2022.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
An oversized rise in borrowing costs driven by participants in financial markets, though, risks pushing an already-weakened economy into recession.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Earlier this week the International Monetary Fund warned that the war could plunge the global economy into recession, with the UK set to be the hardest hit of the world's advanced economies.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The discovery of the Big Bang and the recession of the galaxies came from a commonplace of nature called the Doppler effect.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing recession
Western Europe - Introductory
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