A recession is guaranteed. But when?

The US economy is under strain, and the oil price shock could tip it over into recession.

“People are preparing themselves for the fact that we are already in a recession now or that there is a high likelihood we will soon be in one,” said Hady Farag, a partner and associate director at Boston Consulting Group.

The problem: Timing a recession is extraordinarily hard. How do we know? That quote was from a CNN story in July 2022.

That’s when oil was last over $100 and gas prices averaged about $5 a gallon. But the US economy didn’t go into a recession

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