### Comment:
&gt;Alright, lets say we aren't in a recession. How could we tell? 
  
 If we were in a recession we would see negative GDP growth for consecutive quarters (or more). 
  
 Most recent data suggests that the US GDP growth is at ~2%. So until that changes, we know.

### REPLY:
So we've had 1 real recession out of the last 6 recessions, got it.

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