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To: dbacks

“When did the republicans vote to change the definition of recession? That is what I am referring to. OOOPS That is to which/what I refer?”

Politicians don’t get to set the definition. The NBER has been the referee since 1920.

http://www.nber.org/cycles/recessions_faq.html


22 posted on 12/01/2008 4:22:24 PM PST by Pelham (Obama: Reconstruction version 2.0)
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To: Pelham

“The NBER has been the referee since 1920.”

I have been led to believe that a “recession” is defined as, “Two consecutive quarters of negative GDP.” Am I wrong?


30 posted on 12/01/2008 5:57:03 PM PST by dbacks (God help the USA.)
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