Recession

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Economic phenomenon
gptkbp:affects Businesses
Financial markets
Government budgets
Households
gptkbp:cause Government intervention
Asset price declines
Business closures
Deflation
External shocks
Falling consumer confidence
Financial crisis
High inflation
Increased bankruptcies
Increased government debt
Job losses
Lower consumer confidence
Lower interest rates
Lower investment
Poverty increase
Reduced tax revenues
Social unrest
Tight monetary policy
gptkbp:characterizedBy Decline in GDP
Decrease in industrial production
Reduction in consumer spending
Rising unemployment
gptkbp:definedIn A significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Recession
gptkbp:measures Negative GDP growth for two consecutive quarters
gptkbp:mitigatedBy Fiscal stimulus
Government spending
Monetary easing
Tax cuts
gptkbp:monitors gptkb:International_Monetary_Fund
gptkb:World_Bank
gptkb:National_Bureau_of_Economic_Research
Central banks
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkb:COVID-19_recession
gptkb:Early_1980s_recession
gptkb:Early_1990s_recession
gptkb:Great_Recession
gptkbp:opposedBy Economic expansion
gptkbp:relatedTo Business cycle
Depression
Stagflation
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:Macroeconomics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Britten's_A_Ceremony_of_Carols
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5