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      Dramatic and sustained downturn in economic activity

      • A depression is a dramatic and sustained downturn in economic activity, with symptoms including a sharp fall in economic growth, employment, and production. A depression can be defined as a recession that lasts longer than three years or that results in a decline of at least 10% in annual GDP.
  1. Sep 8, 2024 · A depression is a dramatic and sustained downturn in economic activity, with symptoms including a sharp fall in economic growth, employment, and production. A depression can be defined...

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  3. Aug 9, 2022 · There’s no formal definition of a depression, but economists generally agree that it is a severe and lengthy period of economic decline that impacts several countries simultaneously.

  4. Depression, in economics, a major downturn in the business cycle characterized by sharp and sustained declines in economic activity; high rates of unemployment, poverty, and homelessness; massive declines in stock markets, and great reductions in international trade and capital movements.

  5. Jul 24, 2024 · An economic depression is a downturn in the economy. It’s a period where economic activity suddenly declines. Unemployment skyrockets and production slows down. Although a depression shares some similarities with a recession, it lasts longer and has more devastating results.

  6. Mar 4, 2021 · An economic depression is an extremely severe, long-term contraction in economic activity. In a depression, GDP annual falls more than 5% and unemployment is in the double digits. The 10-year Great Depression was the world's only depression.

  7. An economic depression is a period of carried long-term economic downturn that is the result of lowered economic activity in one or more major national economies.

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