A recession is a major downturn in a country's economy that lasts for months. It’s marked by declining GDP over two ...

For a recession, the decline is prolonged from around ... the December 2007 to June 2009 Great Recession. The bureau identifies economic peaks and troughs. A peak is the last month of expansion ...

The U.S. economy has gone through 34 recessions since 1854. During a recession, GDP might decline by 2% up to as much as 5%.

A recession is a decline in economic activity lasting ... But in most cases, a recession doesn't lead to an economic depression. Since the Great Depression, the US has experienced 14 recessions ...

A recession refers to a period of decline in economic activity ... The longest post-WWII recession was the Great Recession, which spanned 18 months from December 2007 to June 2009 and was ...

The classic case is the Great Recession of 2007 to ... factors it uses to determine the start of a recession, namely "a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy ...

The biggest stock market decline ever came during the Great Depression ... to say whether a recession is imminent. The stock market is an early indicator of potential economic trouble; it is ...