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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
Remember when recession was defined as two quarters of negative GDP growth? 

We have been in a recession for 6-9 months already. But I keep hearing "IF we have a recession" like dude we are already in one. What you mean to say is, "if this recession gets worse".
gpt
Technically if we're using the gdp measurement to identify whether or not we're in a rescission then we would be out of one by now.  So the "if we have a recession" is once again valid