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Reason
Eric Boehm

After 2 Consecutive Quarters of Negative Economic Growth, Is America in a Recession?

Economic reality cannot be denied—but can it be redefined?

That's what the Biden administration is about to find out, following the release on Thursday morning of a report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) showing that the United States has endured back-to-back quarters of negative economic growth—a situation that meets the standard definition of a recession.

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