Is The US Already in Recession?

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Via a recent media blitz, ECRI Co-Founder Lakshman Achuthan insists that the US is already in recession, apparently as of July.  I would be very skeptical that this was in fact the case.  I think the preponderance of evidence weighs in favor of ongoing expansion, disappointing as the pace of that expansion may be.

Actually, Achuthan loses credibility quite quickly by claiming there is a strict definition of recession based upon peaks of production (Achuthan apparently views “production” as “industrial production”), income, jobs, and sales.  In contrast, according to the NBER business cycle dating committee:

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