In the US this has been decided by a committee for a long time - https://www.npr.org/2022/06/24/1107581150/recession-referees https://www.npr.org/2022/06/24/110

In the US this has been decided by a committee for a long time - https://www.npr.org/2022/06/24/1107581150/recession-referees https://www.npr.org/2022/06/24/1107581150/recession-referees It's never been a strict "2 consecutive quarters" rule.