This fall we relived the stress and anxiety we had in 2001

From the Wikipedia entry on the topic of “Recession” and where I was at the time:

According to economists,[39] since 1854, the U.S.A. has encountered 32 cycles of expansions and contractions, with an average of 17 months of contraction and 38 months of expansion. However, since 1980 there have been only eight periods of negative economic growth over one fiscal quarter or more[40], and three periods considered recessions:
January-July 1980 and July 1981-November 1982: 2 years total (GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT TO COLLEGE IN MY HOME TOWN)
July 1990-March 1991: 8 months (AFTER GRADUATING FROM CLOWN COLLEGE CLOWN–WORK AVAILABLE WAS IN JAPAN)
November 2001-November 2002: 12 months (HAD JUST MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY)
From 1991 to 2000, the U.S. experienced 37 quarters of economic expansion, the longest period of expansion on record.[40] (“THE BLUEST SKIES THAT YOU’VE EVER SEEN ARE IN SEATTLE”)

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