"We have had depressions," "We have had recessions. It is a boom and bust cycle that we are having and people are starting to get fed up with it."

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We've had other economic problems that have led to recessions but it hasn't seemed to be something as potentially global as it is now.

我们经历过其他导致经济衰退的,经济问题，但是这些都不是,像现在这样全球化的问题。

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We have had eleven recessions since 1948.

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The past several recessions we have had have been the result of specific market collapses combined with a financial sector collapse.

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And the reason is, let's be honest Andrew, we have taken action that you know has avoided the serious unemployment problems that we've had in previous recessions.

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