• @[email protected]
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    628 days ago

    When the Biden admin had to change the definition of recession to avoid admitting were in a recession, we’re probabtin a recession.

    • Kalkaline
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      1028 days ago

      What Is a Recession? A recession is a significant, widespread, and prolonged downturn in economic activity. A common rule of thumb is that two consecutive quarters of negative gross domestic product (GDP) growth indicate a recession. However, more complex formulas are also used to determine recessions. Current GDP data

        • Kalkaline
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          528 days ago

          That’s not the point, the point is we’re not in a recession as economists define recession (not how Joe Biden defines it).

          • @[email protected]
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            228 days ago

            That’s nice dear, reality isn’t what the government says it is, and has never been anywhere near anything an economist has ever said.

      • @[email protected]
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        428 days ago

        GDP doesn’t measure how well an economy is working. It doesn’t show you wealth inequality, for example.

        • Ghostalmedia
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          728 days ago

          So now you, like Biden, don’t want GDP to define a recession?

            • Ghostalmedia
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              328 days ago

              I’m replying to a thread about Biden arguing that GDP shouldn’t be the only indicator of economic health, but if we’re dogmatically looking at GPD, GDP is not in a classic “recession” territory.