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> What I mean: if an administration doesn't like a given metric, it should get its replacement metric identified and publicized in advance. The US definition o
by shapefrog 4y ago
> What I mean: if an administration doesn't like a given metric, it should get its replacement metric identified and publicized in advance.
The US definition of a recession was identified and publicized a very long time ago. The National Bureau of Economic Research has been putting dates on downturns since 1929 before there was such a thing as gross domestic product.