The National Bureau of Economic Research, the official arbiter of when recessions begin and end, defines a recession as a significant decline in economic activity.

Recessions clean out the dead wood, allowing zombie companies to survive and creating asset bubbles can cause a Great Recession instead of little ones.

“It is a mega-recession. It is a recession to end all recessions, in terms of its scale,” Johnson told BBC Radio 4’s World at One.

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That makes sense—during rate hike cycles, companies have strong demand and revenue growth recessions. Whereas, during recessions, unemployment and spending usually contract.