Supraspinatus (Rotator Cuff) Tendinitis/Tear. The rotator cuff is a term given to four main tendons that wrap around the shoulder joint, the supraspinatus tendon being the tendon coming off the shoulder blade in the top portion.
Definition. Period of general economic decline, defined usually as a contraction in the GDP for six months (two consecutive quarters) or longer. Marked by high unemployment, stagnant wages, and fall in retail sales, a recession generally does not last longer than one year and is much milder than a depression.
In the recessions that. took place during the 1959-83 period, declines in inven-. tory investment accounted for almost the entire drop in. real output. In the 1990-91 recession, however, inven-. tory investment accounted for only about a third of the. peak-to-trough decline in real GDP.