[Mikey_1962]

There has to be three straight Quartly declines, so it started in 2000 but wasn't official until 2001.

[IL Republican]

I'm not positive, but I think 2 quarters of negative growth qualify. 3 is also a recession, and 4 is a depression.

[texasbluebell]

There has to be three straight Quartly declines, so it started in 2000 but wasn't official until 2001.

Of course. QED, once Bush was in office for all of, oh, 10 minutes, it was ABF!