From Longman Business Dictionary
recessionre·ces·sion /rɪˈseʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]ECONOMICS a period of time when an economy or industry is doing badly, and business activity and employment decrease. Many economists consider that there is a recession when industrial production falls for six months in a rowThe economy is heading into a recession.
Analysts concluded that the US would get out of recession and interest rates would rise.
→ compare depression —recessionary adjectiveadjWe’re in a recessionary period.
→ double-dip recession