A recession than they generally like the any b r wrote about the situation saying the unprecedented magnitude of the decline in employment and production and its broad reach across the entire economy warrants the designation of this episode as a recession even if it turns out to be briefer than earlier contractions now economists generally define a recession as 2 consecutive quarter months of 2 consecutive quarters of Economic Contraction g. D. P. In the us has already fell by 5 percent in the 1st quarter of this year and the economy is expected to climb by a steeper margin in q 2 of 2020 lets get some expert analysis on this and and the state of the economy with todd morris chief strategist at bubba trading and cohost christiane who joins us from los angeles thank you both for being here today but i want to start with you now the end declared that the u. S. Recession began officially in february now this marks the fastest and b r has actually declared any recession. Is this a good thi