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kurikuri on Oct 1, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google has added ads on both its search page and C...

NBER is the entity which demarcates the start and end dates of recessions in the US, not the White House.

kbelder on Oct 1, 2022 [–]

Who gave them that power?

Seems more reasonable to let an economic term be governed by the consensus of economists over time.

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