Question

Steve and his brother used to work at the same organization. a few months ago their employer terminated them because the business had slowed due to slow economic growth in the country. a couple of months later, steve found out that many of his friends are also unemployed. the government stated that gdp had fallen for two consecutive quarters. steve’s country is experiencing which economic phase?
A.) Inflation
B.) depression
C.) Deflation
D.) recession

Answer 1

The answer is D, recession

Answer 2

Answer:

D.) recession

Explanation:

A recession is a state in which there is a negative down turn in an economic growth causing the GDP growth to reduce drastically.If a country's economy is facing recession, business sales and revenues would decrease thus causing lot of businesses to stop expanding. This would latter lead to retrenchment of staff and cause an inccrease in percentage unemployment rate.