Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show UK GDP growth has gone into reverse. But what does a recession mean?

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OTTAWA — There was one word on the lips of many Canadians economists, politicians and journalists this past week: recession.

Some pros are beginning to declare that a recession is coming soon. Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics chief economist, tweeted on Friday that the U.S. economy “has entered a jobs recession” and told ...

Economic slowdowns rarely arrive with a flashing warning sign. More often, they show up in obscure data releases, weaker ...