alleryStart learning →A recession with GDP down by 10 percent, or lasting three or four years, is called:
AA mild slowdown
BAn economic depression
CA mild correction
DA boom reversal
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. An economic depression
A severe or prolonged recession is referred to as an economic depression.
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