Friday, September 16, 2011

National Bureau of Economic Research

The National Bureau of Economic Research, or NBER, is considered the official arbiter of recessions, but it doesn't define recession by the school book measure of two or more consecutive quarters of economic contraction as measured by GDP. According to NBER, "a recession is a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months.
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