Income inequality usually falls during a recession, but it has not shrunk in this one.

在经济衰退期间，收入差距通常会缩小，但这次却没有。

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But this is not a conventional recession.

但是这不是一次普通的经济衰退。

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And America's economy is still showing signs of life: in July it created a net 117, 000 jobs-not nearly enough, but not evidence of a recession.

美国经济仍表现出生命力的迹象：7月份它净增了117,000个工作岗位-这是远远不够的，但也不是经济衰退的证据。

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But the Center on Philanthropy also says research shows that giving does not shrink as much as the economy in a recession.

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Government officials still have not declared the recession officially over, but the GDP report marks the second quarter of expansion after a record four quarters of decline.

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Output would eventually recover, but not before a recession of up to three years.

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The Fed seemed to give up on its prediction of only a temporary slowdown in growth in the summer months but not into recession, and then a return of growth in the second half and through next year.

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But The Recession is not a top-to-bottom sociopolitical treatise.

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