Are we in a recession? Yes. Here's how you know

Posted by on Jan 23, 2008 in Economy, Money | 5 comments

Take a look at these Google search trends for the word recession.

Google trends - recession

And for just 2007:

Google trends - recession

You don’t Google it if it’s not on your mind.

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  • http://briandigital.com/ ~bc

    I don’t know that this is the best indicator that we’re in a recession, so much as it’s an indicator that we’re thinking about recession. And it’s impossible not to think about one when every third word in the media is “recession.”

    The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.

  • http://briandigital.com/ ~bc

    I don’t know that this is the best indicator that we’re in a recession, so much as it’s an indicator that we’re thinking about recession. And it’s impossible not to think about one when every third word in the media is “recession.”

    The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.

  • http://www.speljamr.com/ Tim

    While my gut tells me we are in the beginnings of a recession, you have to wonder how much of it is self prophecy caused by our own reaction.

  • http://www.speljamr.com Tim

    While my gut tells me we are in the beginnings of a recession, you have to wonder how much of it is self prophecy caused by our own reaction.

  • http://100kjob.info/ 100kjob

    Very interesting point, use Google trend as a prove of recession