A long-term
macroeconomic trend characterized by a
recession, a
recovery, then another recession. For example, the United States economy entered a recession in 1929, which continued until 1933. Recovery continued until 1937, at which point a second recession began. Double-dip recessions often have weak recoveries in between the recessions (though the example above included some years of very strong
growth); analysts therefore tend to worry about a double-dip recession when a recovery is weak.