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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Mark Banham

America tips into unofficial recession as global markets hold breath

The US economy has dived into an unofficial recession threatening to take the world economy down with it.

According to official figures from the commerce department the US economy dipped 0.9 per cent in the three months to June, the second successive quarter the economy has contracted - the official measurement of a recession.

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