11.   Hall said a flurry of questions followed its suggestion that a recession might have started.

12.   Most recessions start when inflation grows faster than wages, which pinches purchasing power.

13.   Now Lieser believes that the recession started about the time California began wrestling with surging electricity prices in early summer.

14.   The current expansion is the second longest, and will take over the top spot if, as seems likely, no recession starts by February.

15.   The current recession did not start with higher prices and interest rates, triggered by consumer overspending.

16.   The recession in luxury started last season, about six months ago.

17.   The recession started in March and will end by spring, he said.

18.   U.S. recessions almost always start at home, as high interest rates choke off the housing industry and unemployment spreads from the construction industry outward.

19.   Economists acknowledge that one of their most difficult tasks is to determine when a recession has started and when it has ended.