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CASE CLOSED: CNN's John Harwood confirms a 'recession = economy shrinks for two quarters'

CNN’s John Harwood confirmed in 2019 that a “recession = economy shrinks for two quarters”:

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Case closed, right?

But it looks like Harwood forgot he tweeted this as he’s been retweeting people saying that the two quarters is meaningless:

What a damn hack:

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