recession
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That in turn was viewed as likely to trigger a global recession.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The 2% target thus provides a cushion, especially in a recession.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Howe Institute think tank’s business-cycle council, the recognized arbiter of declaring a recession, said it was premature to describe the current downturn as such because it lacked depth and diffusion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
“Honestly, it looks like the hiring recession is over,” Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, said on a social-media post.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
The idea that the future would be ineluctably shaped by the past was exactly what a country that had plunged into recession didn’t want to hear.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing recession
Western Europe - Introductory
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