Recession in U.S. Began in February, Official Arbiter Says

Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2020–Kate Davidson (subscription)
Monthly economic activity “reached a clear peak” in February, marking the end of the 128-month expansion that began in June 2009, said the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research. It was the longest expansion in records back to 1854.
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