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Old 06-01-2012, 12:45 PM   #2853
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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Usually economic depressions are defined as recessions lasting longer than 8 quarters. And recessions are usually defined as two or more quarters of negative GDP growth. Since we've had an expanding GDP, then the term depression doesn't fit in an economic sense.
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