Preferred Label : economic recession;
MeSH definition : Significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than
a few months, normally visible in real gross domestic product, real income, employment,
industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales. (National Bureau of Economic Research,
Inc, www.nber.org/cycles.html, accessed 4/23/2009);
MeSH synonym : recession, economic; economic recessions; recessions, economic;
Related MeSH term : economic depression; Depression, Economic; Depressions, Economic; Economic Depressions;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic recession;
Origin ID : D057172;
UMLS CUI : C0079262;
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Significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than
a few months, normally visible in real gross domestic product, real income, employment,
industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales. (National Bureau of Economic Research,
Inc, www.nber.org/cycles.html, accessed 4/23/2009)