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by rufus_foreman 1426 days ago
According to many of Biden's economic advisers, it is.

For example: "Of course economists have a technical definition of recession, which is two consecutive quarters of negative growth."

-- The head of Biden's National Economic Council, in a past life, apparently.

You can find many other examples in the past of his advisors defining a recession as two quarters of negative GDP. And you can find many examples in the past of the press defining a recession as two quarters of negative growth.

"two negative quarters in a row is a standard indicator for an economic recession."

-- Washington Post, fact checking Donald Trump

What has changed?

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What has changed?

The party in power.