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This article doesn't say when the recession ended.

Correcting the heading, "Late 2000s – early 2010s recession in the United States"

I don't see how to correct the above heading.

The recession in the US was from Dec 2007 to June 2009.

 http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Economic_Research#Announcement_of_end_of_late-2000s_recession

Another user commented I think in Oct 2010 that this article doesn't mention when the recession ended.

Would some one please correct this? Ty. 173.210.125.42 (talk) 00:18, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The recession, defined as a quarter with a loss of output, ended some time ago, certainly before 2011, but the Great Recession, a sustained period of high unemployment and economic stagnation, continues, although Wikipedia does not have an article about it. User:Fred Bauder Talk 17:17, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here's your reference showing that the low point was in the second quarter of 2009: Business Cycle Dating Committee, National Bureau of Economic Research. After reaching the trough, or low point, economic growth resumed, so the technical definition of recession no longer applied. User:Fred Bauder Talk 17:42, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Background section is just plain wrong and sarcastic on two points: First, Goldman Sachs has been around since 1869 and therefore did NOT form during the 80's (http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Goldman_sachs). Second, JP Morgan is NOT a small investment banking firm and has roots that go back to the turn of the twentieth century. The way the section frames this part makes it sound sarcastic on top of being wrong (http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase). 99.126.230.67 (talk) 05:00, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Ok, the recession has ended in 2009. There's a definition of recession and whether folks agree, i.e. "feel" that it's accurate, is too subjective to be a basis for this article. I will change the article title now, leave comments here. Signature ^brendel 07:12, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 (talk) 09:04, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2007–09 recession in the United States → Great Recession in the United States –

The only article on the above template that does not use this, see Great Recession in the Americas, Great Recession in South America, etc. 86.40.198.66 (talk) 00:42, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support to match parent article Great Recession. --BDD (talk) 20:17, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I still think it is presumptive to conclude that twenty years from now this will be called the great recession. And what is so great about a recession anyway? Apteva (talk) 02:38, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Why bold the "two quarters of GDP decline" phrase?

Hi, this is my first contribution to Wikipedia in a while. I don't understand why it's important for "(defined as at least two consecutive quarters of declining GDP)" to be in bold in the introduction section.

Considering the partisan discussion in the United States about "defining a recession", considering the 2022 economy's downturn, this phrase seems to be formatted in bold by an edit a few days ago in order to further a political viewpoint, rather than provide information in a neutral fashion. A number of those in conservative media are trying to persuade its audience to make a knee-jerk equivocation between "two-quarter GDP decline" as automatically meaning "recession", when that is not fully accurate. Would someone better versed in Wikipedia's standards please advise? 2601:189:8201:3EB0:28A3:D805:7C53:9542 (talk) 17:24, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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