Depression - Economics

Economics

  • Depression (economics), a sustained, long-term downturn in economic activity in one or more economies
    • Great Depression, a severe economic depression during the 1930s, commonly referred to as simply the depression
    • Long Depression, an economic depression during 1873–96, known at that time as the Great Depression

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