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Recessions are part of the fabric of a dynamic economy. The average investor fears recessions because they mean lower home prices, lower stock prices, and less or no work.
Several things ca...
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Recessions are really "depressions," but the term "depression" seems too terrifying. After the Great Depression, economists began to use the word "recession" instead.
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A standard measurement for a recession is two-quarters of consecutive GDP contraction. But the official arbiter of recessions and recoveries, the Business Cycle Dating Committee of...
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The average length of recessions is 17.5 months. The long-term average covers the 1873 recession that lasted 65 months. It also includes the Great Depression, which lasted 43 months.
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Since 1857, a recession occurred about every three-and-a-quarter years. The government used to think recessions should work themselves out.
Since WWII, the average between recessions is nea...
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The recession of 1873 was known as the Great Depression until the 1929 recession started.
The recession of 1873 started with the failure of Jay Cooke & Company, a major bank. It caused ...
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Losing your primary source of income is the worst effect since jobs are increasingly hard to find in a recession.
That is why it's essential to have a few months' salary in cash as ...
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Historically, the best time to buy stocks is when the NBER announces the start of a recession.
The NBER takes at least six months to determine if a recession has started. The average post-W...
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The best thing to do with your money during a recession is to pay off your credit card debt.
Paying off a credit card that charges 18% interest is equivalent to getting an 18% return on inves...
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An inverted yield curve is a more solid predictor of economic downturns than the stock market, consumer confidence, or leading economic indicators index.
An inverted yield curve is when sho...
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The Federal Reserve does not want to start a recession because part of its dual mandate is to keep the economy healthy. But, the Fed's dual mandate also includes keeping inflation low. A cure f...
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