Neither remotely holds true now. The economy may not quite be in recession, but it certainly feels that way.

这与当前的情况完全不同，经济也许还不能说处于衰退之中，但已经有这方面的迹象。

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Our analysis concludes that the economy will slow during the second half of the year and be in recession next year.

我们的分析结论是经济将会在今年下半年放缓且明年将陷入经济衰退。

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If an economy grows by 2% inone quarter and then contracts by 0.5% in each of the next two quarters, it isdeemed to be in recession.

如果一个经济体在一个季度增长2%，而在接下来的而两个季度下跌0.5%，那么他应该被认为是进入衰退。

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This time, with the economy in a bad recession, some guests may not be as wealthy as they were.

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The Federal Funds Rate was recently cut to 2.25% and it's expected to be cut further because of the recession that we're now apparently in.

联邦资金利率最近被,缩减到2。25%，并且仍被认为要缩减,原因就在于我们现在历经的经济衰退。

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We may be in a recession now; a lot of people are saying that, so I would be tempted to draw a new line here, somewhere around here, maybe December of 2007.

也许现在正在经历衰退,人们普遍这样认为,所以我想在这画条新的直线,画在这附近,也许是2007年12月

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The economy needs to register two consecutive quarters of negative growth to be in recession.

BBC: Construction site

An economy is generally considered to be in recession if it contracts for two consecutive quarters.

BBC: UK services sector grew in January

An economy is considered to be in recession if it contracts for two consecutive quarters.

BBC: UK to avoid triple dip recession, says BCC