Economic Contraction

Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales
A key economic indicator representing the combined values of trade sales and shipments by manufacturers, as well as values of inventories and business sales. The inventory rates of change indicate the growth or contraction within the economy.
Recession
A downturn in economic activity, defined by many economists as at least two consecutive quarters of decline in a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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