What is a recession?
Select ONE answer:
- a decrease in a current account deficit over a sustained period
- a decrease in the price of the currency over a sustained period
- a decrease in the price level over a sustained period
- a decrease in the real gross domestic product over a sustained period
Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
This multiple choice question is suitable for Economics KS5 classes.
The answer is 4
- This is no specific term for a reduction in a current account deficit.
- This is depreciation or devaluation.
- This is deflation.
- Correct: A recession is a fall in the country’s output over a period of six months or more.

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