From Think Progress
By Amanda

Today, reporters questioned White House Press Secretary Dana Perino on whether the U.S. economy is now in a recession. Perino, however, was unable to answer and became frustrated when reporters continued to push her:

Q Do you think the U.S. economy is in a recession?

MS. PERINO: You know I don’t think that we know. … So I couldn’t say. The classic definition of a recession is not something that we could determine now, or forecast. It’s something that people look back on. […]

I don’t know — look, April, I don’t know if there’s — if we are in a recession right now. And in fact, there’s no one who could actually tell you if we precisely are in a recession right now. […]

But I don’t think anybody could tell you right now if we’re in a recession or not. Those are just — those are determinations that come later.

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