The Biden Administration’s robust and durable track record on jobs and unemployment is breaking records, putting up some of the best results we’ve seen in half a century.

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    4 months ago

    The reason a recession never materialized is because the Biden admin literally changed the formula for calculating inflation.

    A recession is not affected by the formula for inflation. In fact, there have been recessions with high inflation (the 1980 recession) and recessions with low inflation (the 2007 recession). There have even been recessions with negative inflation (the Great Depression).

    A recession occurs when the total income of a country decreases. This leads to a vicious cycle of less spending, more unemployment, and further drops in total income.

    Inflation measures change in prices, not income.