stackyFACTSA recession technically means two consecutive quarters of negative growth, but a depression is just a recession that overstayed its welcome. There is no universally agreed-upon mathematical threshold that turns a standard slump into a full-blown depression. It is mostly just an incredibly bleak vibes-based classification.
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