What Is a Recession

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What is a recession?

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Definitions:

Producer Surplus

The difference between what producers are willing to accept for a good or service and the actual price they receive, representing their benefit.

Monopolized

Dominated or controlled entirely by a single entity, often in reference to a market situation where one firm holds the majority market share.

Lerner Index

A measure of a firm's market power and pricing strategy, defined as the difference between price and marginal cost, scaled by price.

Elastic

Describes a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied of a good or service changes significantly in response to price changes.