The Associated Press analyzed nine economic recoveries since the Great Depression that lasted at least three years. By most measures,…
| The Associated Press analyzed nine economic recoveries since the Great Depression that lasted at least three years. By most measures, the recovery from the Great Recession of 2007-2009 is the worst. Consumer spending has never been weaker. Here is the difference between consumer spending during the quarter when a recession ended and the quarter three years later: |
| 1948-1949 +13.5 percent |
| 1953-1954 +13.9 percent |
| 1960-1961 +15.3 percent |
| 1969-1970 +15.2 percent |
| 1973-1975 +15.1 percent |
| 1981-1982 +16.5 percent |
| 1990-1991 +10.7 percent |
| 2001 +8.9 percent |
| 2007-2009 +6.5 percent |
