Depression
Categories: Econ, Financial Theory, Careers, Retirement
Usually, what happens right around April 15th each year.
From a macro perspective, a depression is defined differently by different groups, but most agree that it's a more severe and prolonged version of a recession, with GDP in sustained decline and unemployment at high rates.
When it happens, everyone has less money to spend and things become a cycle—since people aren’t spending money, businesses don’t need to make as much stuff and they lose revenues so some of them shut down, which means fewer jobs and even less spending. During a depression, the government might step in with programs that are meant to provide jobs and get people spending again.