It wont matter, theyll likely be 3-4 quarters of shrinking GDP so...even when looked at in conjunction with other metrics it will still constitute a recession. Its unavoidable. They are still spending money like drunken sailors and the interest rate hikes are not over yet.
With these inflation numbers, rising interest rates, and negative growth, the employment numbers are sure to drop. They might want to lie their way out of this for now, and say that a recession can identify as not a recession if certain conditions exist, but we all know that the recession is here, and it's going to stay here. And it's going to get worse.
Who knew that economies can now be Identity-Fluid.