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Connections

What happened to the recession?

Eric Morris on "Connections"
Megan Mack
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WXXI News
Eric Morris on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Wednesday, August 2, 2023
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WXXI News

What happened to the recession? Many economists were forecasting a recession for middle-to-late 2023. Instead, the economy has surprised some of the experts.

But the economic picture remains complex, not easily distilled to a single word like "recession." We discuss how to understand what's happening, and why it's so difficult to predict what happens next.

Our guest:

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.