Significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real gross domestic product, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales. (National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, www.nber.org/cycles.html, accessed 4/23/2009)

DUI

D057172 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0007014

Previous indexing

Economics (1990-2009)

History note

2010; use ECONOMICS 1990-2009

Public note

2010; see ECONOMICS 1990-2009