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What is meant by recession?

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AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 21 Mar 2021

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This short revision video clip explains the difference between a recession and a depression drawing on real GDP data for the UK and the Greek economy.

What is meant by recession?
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