Yeah, I can’t believe Biden caused the dot com bubble and now he’s causing global inflation.
Even here in Germany my cost of living is higher now, thanks to Biden.
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Yeah, I can’t believe Biden caused the dot com bubble and now he’s causing global inflation.
Even here in Germany my cost of living is higher now, thanks to Biden.
"Citigroup has become the first big American bank to warn that the US has already tipped into a recession."
A recession is commonly defined as "two consecutive quarters of decline in a country’s real (inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP)".
https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product
Q4 2023 - +3.4%
Q1 2024 (2nd) - +1.3%
Next announcement is 6/27.
So, no, we aren't in a recession YET. Even if the 2nd quarter is a decline, we'd need a decline in the 3rd quarter as well to officially call it.
Okay, but what you’re presenting here still shows growth in GDP in Q1 ‘24. It’s decelerated, but it’s still growth. It’s not a decline.
Correct, which is why I'm saying we aren't in a recession YET.
Even if they announce a decline in the 2nd quarter on June 27th, we would still need a decline in the 3rd quarter to be a recession.
Positive growth is not a decline. The decline is in the 2nd derivative, not in the velocity. You need 2 consecutive Q of NEGATIVE numbers. Not decreasing positive numbers.
Correct, which is why we aren't in a recession YET.
Even if the Q2 numbers go negative when they're announced later this month, we STILL aren't in a recession unless the Q3 numbers are also negative.
Recession has no real definition until after the fact.