The recession of 2020 lasted just two months — but its impact lingers

By Steve Matthews
Published 4 Min Read

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The U.S.’s COVID-19-induced recession ended in April 2020 after two months, making it the nation’s shortest downturn on record, according to the academic panel that serves as arbiter of U.S. expansion dates.

All key indicators of employment and production “point clearly to April 2020 as the month of the trough” in business activity, the National Bureau of Economic Research’s business cycle dating committee said in a statement Monday.

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