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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

UNBELIEVABLE: Explainer how do we know when a recession has begun - Caught on Camera

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

By one common definition, the U.S. economy is on the cusp of a recession. Yet that definition isn't the one that counts.

On Thursday, when the government estimates the gross domestic product for the April-June period, some economists think it may show that the economy shrank for a second straight quarter. That would meet a longstanding assumption for when a recession has begun.

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