How to read this chart How to read this chart Each line ... 2014 Five years since the end of the Great Recession, the economy has finally regained the nine million jobs it lost.

Recessions feel interminable because of their impact on the job market, stock market and household budgets. The actual downturn might end in 10 months, but it “may take us longer to bounce back,” said ...

The following chart shows how the index fared during those periods. The worst S&P 500 decline occurred during the Great Recession, which began in December 2007 and went through June 2009.

Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is understandably vague ...

The Great Recession inspired money lessons relevant for any economic crisis. Find out which ones still apply today.