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by confoundedinterest17

“A recession is two quarters in a row of negative growth.” — President Clinton, Dec. 19, 2000

My former colleague at Deutsche Bank, Joe Carson, said recently that the US economy is not in a recession, but corporate profits are in a recession. While I cling to the traditional definition of recession (two consecutive quarters of negative real GDP growth), there is another component of the US economy that is in recession: consumer sentiment.

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index rose slightly in the latest release, but remains depressed at 51.5. University of Michigan Buying Conditions for House also rose to 47.0, also a depressed reading.

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While unemployment remains low, the price of gasoline is crushing the wallets of American households helping to cause a recession in consumer sentiment.

Biden feebly attempts to explain why 2 consecutive quarters of negative real GDP growth (better known as contraction) is NOT a recession.

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