Ask HN: How are you preparing yourself for a recession?

Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing yourself for a recession? by gffrd on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:44PM (#22528362)

> So the question to ask soon is how will you prepare for the post-recession recovery?

This bears repeating.*

If you're asking "how are you preparing for a recession," (1) it's too late, and (2) you don't—either your system is well designed and accommodates this, or it doesn't (echoing what others have said).

*no pun intended, but probably should have been

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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing yourself for a recession? by UncleOxidant on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:50PM (#22528432)

Yes indeed, it is too late to prepare for a recession when a recession is at the door. You have to have been preparing when times were good - by saving up the excess. Sure you can (and probably should) cut expenses now, but that's not going to get you through if you don't have a solid emergency fund already saved up.

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