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US officially enters recession - GDP contracted by 0.9% in Q2.

Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:38 am
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
25685 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:38 am
quote:

The U.S. econ­omy shrank at a 0.9% an­nual rate last quar­ter, the Com­merce De­part­ment said Thurs­day. That marks a sec­ond straight quar­terly de­cline in gross do­mes­tic prod­uct–a com­mon de­f­i­n­i­tion of re­ces­sion.


Wall Street Journal
This post was edited on 7/28/22 at 10:05 am
Posted by SlickRickerz
Member since Oct 2018
2290 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:39 am to
So now what?
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
103380 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:39 am to
Not a recession - Yellen
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
85725 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:39 am to
Second quarter in a row that it dropped. And inflation still skyrocketing.

But no more mean tweets.
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
85725 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:40 am to
The best way to avoid a recession is to change the definition of one.

-Democrats
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
25685 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:41 am to
quote:

The best way to avoid a recession is to change the definition of one.


Posted by WaWaWeeWa
Member since Oct 2015
15714 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:41 am to
They are going to need a new definition of where this economy is heading. Depression may not even be the right word.
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32294 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:43 am to
They are going to pretend this isn’t a recession to cover for the rate hikes. The Fed is late on this just as they were late on inflation.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
136168 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:43 am to
The administration says that not only is there no recession, but that there is also no chance for a recession.

Of course, our usual lefty posters wholeheartedly agree.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
38274 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:46 am to
Uh, who gives a shite. There was an insurrection on Jan 6th and have to get Brittney Griner back
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
68226 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:47 am to
Karine Jean-Pierre says "two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth" is "not the definition of a recession."

Then a reporter reads her a statement from Biden economic adviser Brian Deese defining a recession as "two consecutive quarters of negative growth.”
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
25685 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:47 am to
Some excerpts. The article is behind a paywall.

quote:

Busi­ness is “a lit­tle un­healthy right now” at Best Tool & En­gi­neer­ing Co., ac­cord­ing to its pres­i­dent, Joseph Cher­luck. The com­pany, based in Clin­ton Town­ship, Mich., makes tools and plas­tic com­po­nents like weld­ing fix­tures for ve­hi­cle dash­boards, and the na­tion­wide short­age of com­puter chips means auto mak­ers are push­ing back or­ders.


quote:

Wal­mart Inc. said on Mon­day that it was hav­ing to cut prices to re­duce mer­chan­dise lev­els at its flag­ship chain and Sam’s Club ware­house chain. Many man­u­fac­tur­ers are also still strug­gling with pan­demic-re­lated sup­ply-chain dis­rup­tions.


quote:

Some con­sumers are hun­ker­ing down now. Aimie Gre­sham of Es­sex, Conn., has pulled back on dis­cre­tionary spend­ing—like din­ing out and ex­pen­sive sa­lon vis­its—to pay the higher prices for ba­sics like oil, elec­tric­ity and gro­ceries she has faced in re­cent months.
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
25685 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:49 am to
quote:

Then a reporter reads her a statement from Biden economic adviser Brian Deese defining a recession as "two consecutive quarters of negative growth.”



Econ 101. They can play politics with the timing or pretend it’s not happening. But it’s happening.

Burying your head in the sand doesn’t help you respond to the issue at hand though.
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
171261 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:50 am to
quote:

So now what?



Small businesses will close, people will lose jobs, houses and cars will be repossessed, etc

But the most important is that there will be more wealth transferred from the middle class to the mega-wealthy inching us closer to a two-class system
Posted by goofball
Member since Mar 2015
17023 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:50 am to
They call this stagflation. The economy contracts and prices still skyrocket due to inflation. Like the late 1970s.

Need to bring back the misery index.
Posted by greygoose
Member since Aug 2013
11675 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:51 am to
quote:

Second quarter in a row that it dropped. And inflation still skyrocketing.

But no more mean tweets.
Economy is contracting, inflation is skyrocketing, Southern border is wide open, we are tapping our strategic oil supply and selling it to China, and sending billions to a non-NATO country.

No more mean tweets.
Posted by GetBackToWork
Member since Dec 2007
6338 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:52 am to
“Americans need to understand this sacrifice is necessary for the Great Reset.”
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
66437 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:52 am to
quote:

Not a recession - Yellen


In other news there is no rain in the forecast but we do expect a large number of water droplets to fall out of the sky for most of the day.
Posted by frequent flyer
USA
Member since Jul 2021
3195 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:52 am to
No one told the Fed Chairman. They are still hiking rates as of yesterday.

But they also pretended inflation wasn’t happening until Nov 2021, then insisted that it was just transitory until April 2022. Basically they are clueless.
Posted by Abstract Queso Dip
Member since Mar 2021
5878 posts
Posted on 7/28/22 at 7:53 am to
Meanwhile I'm getting a bonus cause inflation costs.

This is a weird world we live in. Corporations handing out money to their employees during a recession.

Something doesn't add up.
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