Here are three (well, three-plus) charts that answer that question ... 2000-2002 Bush Expansion, 2002-2007 Great Recession, 2007-2009 Recovery, 2009-2012 The short story: the aftermath of the ...

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.

The BEA's second estimate of real gross domestic product showed economic growth decreased at an annual rate of 0.2% in Q1 ...

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.

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