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Business
Phillip Molnar

Is the US already in a recession? Economists and biz leaders disagree

Most Americans think the U.S. is in a recession right now.

Roughly 76 percent of Americans believe the economy is already in a recession, according to a September poll by Cinch Home Services.

The current economic picture, with a strong labor market, does not fit a traditional definition of a recession. Yet 11 percent of economists surveyed by the National Association of Business Economics believe the U.S. is in a recession.

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