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recession

[ri-sesh-uhn] / rɪˈsɛʃ ən /


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For a while, experts linked the decline to the recession that struck in 2008 when the global financial system nearly imploded, driving millions of people into hardship.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Figures released Friday showed the eurozone economy contracted in the first three months of the year, leaving it at risk of a slide into recession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Saxo doesn’t see a full combination of recession stress, disorderly yields and a broad earnings collapse, which are classic ingredients of a deeper bear-market signal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 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

Ai says that similar theories have been propounded by Terran scholars to explain the still incomplete recession of their last Age of Ice.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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