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President of the Ticking Time Bomb Republic says that the country that hasn't had a recession in 45 years is "in trouble" and that their 5.2% GDP increase projected by the IMF is "weak growth".
Remember when the USA experienced two consecutive quarters of negative growth (commonly recognised metric for a recession) and then they just said "Ope, sorry! It's not recessionary enough for us to call it a recession"
And a year later when Germany experiences similarly minor shrinking and the US Press is like RECESSION