economic recession

C18528
concept

An economic recession is a significant, widespread, and sustained decline in economic activity, typically marked by falling GDP, rising unemployment, reduced consumer spending, and lower business investment.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
economic recession canonical 2
short-term economic fluctuation 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: economic recession
Generated description
An economic recession is a significant, widespread, and sustained decline in economic activity, typically marked by falling GDP, rising unemployment, reduced consumer spending, and lower business investment.

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
Recession of 1937–1938 —
early 1990s recession in the United States —
Kitchin cycles short-term economic fluctuation