What Happened to the Recession?
<em>Atlantic</em> writers explain why the forecasters got it wrong—at least for now.
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Economists have been talking about a looming recession for months. Why hasn’t it happened yet?
But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:
- How do you stop lawmakers from destroying the law?
- What losing my two children taught me about grief
- The FBI desperately wants to let Trump off the hook.
What Recession?
According to the predictions of many economists last summer and fall, America should be in a recession right now. But as my colleague Annie Lowrey in today, the facts reveal a very different state
