Wonder why the US economy is NOT in recession despite the fact that we've had two consecutive quarters of shrinking GDP?

The White House provides 90% of the budget for a company in Cambridge, MA that is contracted to announce the beginning and end of recessions. They redefined the term and say we are NOT in a recession.

Earlier today President Biden confidently claimed that a recession was not inevitable¹ despite the fact that the American people have suffered through two consecutive quarters of shrinking GDP.² The Oxford English dictionary defines a recession as “a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally ide…