67% Of Americans Are In Trouble When The Next Recession Hits

newsfeedback@fool.com (Maurie Backman), The Motley Fool
Mon, 10/22/2018 - 5:28am

The U.S. economy is fairly predictable: It has its periods of upswings, periods of downturns, and periods of in between. It's those slumps, of course, that are particularly troublesome, especially when they come in the form of a full-fledged recession.And make no mistake about it: Recessions are extremely common, occurring, on average, about once every 58 months.

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