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Has COVID gone to his head? Blase Biden dismisses recession fears - despite record inflation and nation bracing for second quarterly drop in GDP this THURSDAY
daily mail ^ | 7/25/2022 | goodin

Posted on 07/25/2022 3:43:08 PM PDT by RummyChick

President Joe Biden on Monday said the country is not going into a recession, doubling down on his administration's insistence that two quarters of economic decline isn't one - even though it meets the technical definition.

‘We're not coming into recession in my view,' he told reporters during a virtual meeting at the White House.

'The employment rate is still the lowest we've had in history. My hope is we go from this rapid growth to steady growth. And so we'll see we'll see some coming down. But I don't think we're going to, God willing, I don't think we're gonna see a recession,' he said.

Biden's administration has fanned out economic officials and written a detailed blog post to get ahead of Thursday's quarterly gross domestic product data, which could show a second quarter in a row of economic decline.

'In terms of the technical definition, it's not a recession, the technical definition considers a much broader spectrum of data points,' National Economic Council Director Brian Deese told CNN on Monday morning.

Some economists argue the country is already in a mild recession based on data from the Federal Reserve.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: biden; covid; covidhead; economy; recession
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To: RummyChick

His head was screwed up WAAAAY before he got covid!


21 posted on 07/25/2022 4:27:02 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! R)
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To: RummyChick

22 posted on 07/25/2022 4:41:37 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: RummyChick

“It’s not a recession unless it’s from the Recession region of France otherwise it’s just sparkling misery.”


23 posted on 07/25/2022 5:17:05 PM PDT by Rebel_Ace (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: RummyChick

Slow Joe the dancing sheethead makes a good little democrat.

He lies like a rug.


24 posted on 07/25/2022 5:29:26 PM PDT by Boomer ( George Orwell: “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” )
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To: RummyChick

Brandon is correct that the country is not going into a recession. We are already there.


25 posted on 07/25/2022 5:34:31 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: EEGator
I thought a recession was defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP.

And I thought a vaccine prevented you from getting a targeted disease. Maybe the solution is to redefine what "I thought" means.
26 posted on 07/25/2022 5:42:47 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: RummyChick
"Funny. Biden has no worries, they will just redefine “recession” to something not here yet."

Great! While we're at it, lets redefine traiter as a falsely empowered leader who abandons allies and gives aid, comfort and SPR oil to our enemies.
27 posted on 07/25/2022 5:46:08 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: EEGator

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/roubini-issues-warning-severe-financial-crisis-is-coming/


28 posted on 07/25/2022 5:56:31 PM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: JoSixChip

Well, if Math is racist, why the hell not?…


29 posted on 07/25/2022 6:10:28 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Vision

We’re just playing musical chairs now.


30 posted on 07/25/2022 6:12:45 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Sacajaweau

I am waiting for the New Revised definition of Recession. It’s coming.


31 posted on 07/25/2022 6:24:10 PM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe <W>)
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To: RummyChick

Will the press ever turn if they just keep pretending and pretending? Probably not.


32 posted on 07/25/2022 7:29:43 PM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: RummyChick

If Covid went to his head, what would it do there? Turn left and crash into a fire hydrant?


33 posted on 07/25/2022 7:44:08 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: EEGator

Silly me, I thought a recession was defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP...

Not any more. Now there are a multitude of factors that determine a recession, chief among them is the poor showing of Dims in the midterm election polls.


34 posted on 07/26/2022 4:32:22 AM PDT by Paperpusher (Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.)
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To: Paperpusher

As well as the whims of a geriatric retard.


35 posted on 07/26/2022 4:33:58 AM PDT by EEGator
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