Recession
noun
A period when the economy of a country is not successful and conditions for business are bad.
Many small businesses went under during the economic recession.
Often appears as...
- economic recession
- during a recession
noun
A situation in which something becomes less or returns back.
There has been a significant recession of the glaciers in this region.
Often appears as...
- recession of waves
- recession of glaciers
noun
In medicine, the act of receding or withdrawing.
Gingival recession could lead to the exposure of the roots of teeth.
Often appears as...
- gingival recession
- receding gums
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Technical
noun
A period when the economy of a country is not successful and conditions for business are bad.
Many small businesses went under during the economic recession.
Often appears as...
- economic recession
- during a recession
noun
A situation in which something becomes less or returns back.
There has been a significant recession of the glaciers in this region.
Often appears as...
- recession of waves
- recession of glaciers
noun
In medicine, the act of receding or withdrawing.
Gingival recession could lead to the exposure of the roots of teeth.
Often appears as...
- gingival recession
- receding gums
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term 'recession' has a negative implication, often associated with job losses and financial struggle.
The last recession resulted in a high unemployment rate.
Pro Tip 2/3Business Cycle
A recession is part of the economic cycle, following a period of growth and preceding recovery.
Economists predicted the recession after years of market expansion.
Pro Tip 3/3Official Criteria
Often defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, which helps identify a recession.
The country entered a recession after two straight quarters of contracting GDP.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term 'recession' has a negative implication, often associated with job losses and financial struggle.
The last recession resulted in a high unemployment rate.
Pro Tip 2/3Business Cycle
A recession is part of the economic cycle, following a period of growth and preceding recovery.
Economists predicted the recession after years of market expansion.
Pro Tip 3/3Official Criteria
Often defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, which helps identify a recession.
The country entered a recession after two straight quarters of contracting GDP.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term 'recession' has a negative implication, often associated with job losses and financial struggle.
The last recession resulted in a high unemployment rate.
Pro Tip 2/3Business Cycle
A recession is part of the economic cycle, following a period of growth and preceding recovery.
Economists predicted the recession after years of market expansion.
Pro Tip 3/3Official Criteria
Often defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, which helps identify a recession.
The country entered a recession after two straight quarters of contracting GDP.
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The single biggest...
Of course, people proved that wrong. But one of the reasons it succeeded, aside from a good business model, a good idea, great execution, is the timing. That company came out right during the height of the recession when people really needed extra money, and that maybe helped people overcome their objection to renting out their own home to a stranger.
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How to build a greener,...
learned over the last four recessions which have been driven by the overuse of leverage excessive leverage or the abuse of leverage the net result of this is that the cooperation becomes what we call too big to fail and by this I don't just mean the banks in too big to fail because you know caring and settlement
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What coronavirus means...
and it's not volatile, because knowledge isn't volatile. But it grows, and that raises our living standards over a period of time. Then there's the short-term debt cycle. The short-term debt cycle is, you know, recessions and expansions and booms and recessions -- that. They last about eight, ten years.
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An Island On the Brink...
opposed to environmental conservation we can't conserve the natural world because we need jobs we yes we need to fight climate change but look at the cost we can't afford to do that we're in a recession that's a completely ludicrous way of thinking impendence showed us that economic development and
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How to find work you...
or get away from the people who bring you down. You can't control a recession. You can't control getting fired or getting in a car accident. Most things are totally out of our hands. These three things are totally on us, and they can change our whole world if we decide to do something about it.
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What causes an economic...
and geopolitical factors. An earthquake, for example, can destroy the infrastructure needed to produce important commodities such as oil. That forces the supply side of the economy to charge more for products that use oil, discouraging demand and potentially prompting a recession.
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Which country does the...
In the depths of a very severe economic recession, I think that there's a really important lesson there, that if you can remember your international obligations whilst you are trying to rebuild your own economy, that's really something. Finland ranks pretty much the same.
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Teach every child about...
that will save their life. Life skills. That means that they can be students, young parents, and be able to sort of duck and dive around the basics of cooking, no matter what recession hits them next time. If you can cook, recession money doesn't matter.
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How the coronavirus...
that is raging as we speak through the world but then has come an economic reality which has become more and more acute which we were just hearing about I think it's not right to call this a recession or even to talk about a Great
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The Call of Everest PIPE...
the glaciers would once again grow and plummet down the valleys destroying everything in their path and the exact opposite happened an unthinkable trend of warming and in glacial recession and glacial lake formation likewise the
Video examples
The single biggest...
Of course, people proved that wrong. But one of the reasons it succeeded, aside from a good business model, a good idea, great execution, is the timing. That company came out right during the height of the recession when people really needed extra money, and that maybe helped people overcome their objection to renting out their own home to a stranger.
Video examples
How to build a greener,...
learned over the last four recessions which have been driven by the overuse of leverage excessive leverage or the abuse of leverage the net result of this is that the cooperation becomes what we call too big to fail and by this I don't just mean the banks in too big to fail because you know caring and settlement
Video examples
What coronavirus means...
and it's not volatile, because knowledge isn't volatile. But it grows, and that raises our living standards over a period of time. Then there's the short-term debt cycle. The short-term debt cycle is, you know, recessions and expansions and booms and recessions -- that. They last about eight, ten years.
Video examples
An Island On the Brink...
opposed to environmental conservation we can't conserve the natural world because we need jobs we yes we need to fight climate change but look at the cost we can't afford to do that we're in a recession that's a completely ludicrous way of thinking impendence showed us that economic development and
Video examples
How to find work you...
or get away from the people who bring you down. You can't control a recession. You can't control getting fired or getting in a car accident. Most things are totally out of our hands. These three things are totally on us, and they can change our whole world if we decide to do something about it.
Video examples
What causes an economic...
and geopolitical factors. An earthquake, for example, can destroy the infrastructure needed to produce important commodities such as oil. That forces the supply side of the economy to charge more for products that use oil, discouraging demand and potentially prompting a recession.
Video examples
Which country does the...
In the depths of a very severe economic recession, I think that there's a really important lesson there, that if you can remember your international obligations whilst you are trying to rebuild your own economy, that's really something. Finland ranks pretty much the same.
Video examples
Teach every child about...
that will save their life. Life skills. That means that they can be students, young parents, and be able to sort of duck and dive around the basics of cooking, no matter what recession hits them next time. If you can cook, recession money doesn't matter.
Video examples
How the coronavirus...
that is raging as we speak through the world but then has come an economic reality which has become more and more acute which we were just hearing about I think it's not right to call this a recession or even to talk about a Great
Video examples
The Call of Everest PIPE...
the glaciers would once again grow and plummet down the valleys destroying everything in their path and the exact opposite happened an unthinkable trend of warming and in glacial recession and glacial lake formation likewise the
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Ronald Kessler
American Journalist
Hiking taxes on the so-called wealthy would help send us into a recession because so many small businesses report their income on individual tax returns. If taxes are raised, they will be less likely to be able to hire new workers and make new capital investments.
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Naomi Watts
English Actress
I can't see the film industry coming to a grinding halt any time soon. I think we may be more open to negotiations and things like that, but I think the art world tends to thrive in times of recession.
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Jim Fowler
American Scientist
The other thing is quality of life; if you have a place where you can go and have a picnic with your family, it doesn't matter if it's a recession or not, you can include that in your quality of life.
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Barack Obama
American President
The last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of the recession because that would just suck up and take more demand out of the economy and put businesses in a further hole.
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Ned Lamont
American Politician
A robust, sustainably funded unemployment insurance system is Connecticut's most important tool for keeping our families out of poverty and our economy in motion during a recession.
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Kelly Evans
American Journalist
The collapse of the housing bubble sent the world spiraling into recession. The collapse of the energy and commodity bubble threatens to be just as damaging.
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Karen Mills
American Public Servant
We've gotten tremendous support. Everybody now understands how critical it is to help small businesses get out of this recession and into recovery.
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Peter Welch
American Politician
I favor the extension of the middle-class tax cuts because in a recession they're stimulative and they help with demand.
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Khalid A. Al-Falih
Saudi Arabian Public Servant
If oil prices will go too high, it will slow down the world economy and would trigger a global recession.
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Rick Scott
American Politician
Faced with a deep recession, some say the answer is to expand the role of government.
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Ronald Kessler
American Journalist
Hiking taxes on the so-called wealthy would help send us into a recession because so many small businesses report their income on individual tax returns. If taxes are raised, they will be less likely to be able to hire new workers and make new capital investments.
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Naomi Watts
English Actress
I can't see the film industry coming to a grinding halt any time soon. I think we may be more open to negotiations and things like that, but I think the art world tends to thrive in times of recession.
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Jim Fowler
American Scientist
The other thing is quality of life; if you have a place where you can go and have a picnic with your family, it doesn't matter if it's a recession or not, you can include that in your quality of life.
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Barack Obama
American President
The last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of the recession because that would just suck up and take more demand out of the economy and put businesses in a further hole.
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Ned Lamont
American Politician
A robust, sustainably funded unemployment insurance system is Connecticut's most important tool for keeping our families out of poverty and our economy in motion during a recession.
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Kelly Evans
American Journalist
The collapse of the housing bubble sent the world spiraling into recession. The collapse of the energy and commodity bubble threatens to be just as damaging.
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Karen Mills
American Public Servant
We've gotten tremendous support. Everybody now understands how critical it is to help small businesses get out of this recession and into recovery.
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Peter Welch
American Politician
I favor the extension of the middle-class tax cuts because in a recession they're stimulative and they help with demand.
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Khalid A. Al-Falih
Saudi Arabian Public Servant
If oil prices will go too high, it will slow down the world economy and would trigger a global recession.
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Rick Scott
American Politician
Faced with a deep recession, some say the answer is to expand the role of government.
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