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Re:Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome:/... by moistofreason on Saturday October 01, 2022 @12:37AM (#33043913)
The definition of recession has always been two quarters of negative gdp growth… very recently the current administration in the US changed the definition so as to not look bad.
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Re:Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome:/... by kurikuri on Saturday October 01, 2022 @01:59PM (#33048519)
NBER is the entity which demarcates the start and end dates of recessions in the US, not the White House.
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Re:Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome:/... by kbelder on Saturday October 01, 2022 @07:29PM (#33051142)
Who gave them that power?

Seems more reasonable to let an economic term be governed by the consensus of economists over time.

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