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Is the US already in a recession?

For vast segments of the American economy it certainly feels that way

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Welcome back. What is a recession? The popular, yet overly simplistic, shorthand is two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. The US, however, has a more refined approach, determined by technocrats at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

“A recession involves a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and lasts more than a few months,” says the private non-profit.

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