Definition of "recessions" []

• Plural form of recession. (noun)

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• "It was Keynes who proposed ideas about how to prevent depressions -- not how to prevent mild dips, which we call recessions, but how to keep these downturns in economic activity from reaching catastrophic depths."
• "Births typically decline in recessions, for example, and don't fully rebound when the economy improves, said state demographer Tom Gillaspy."
• "One of the difficulties in using fiscal policy to combat recessions is getting Congress to agree on what measures to implement."