That means it’s worth understanding what we’re actually talking about when we talk about a recession. Before we look at indicators and how they affect emergency medicine, let’s start with the basics.
Topics Discussed
- Why defining a recession is harder than most people realize.
- The differences between lagging, leading, and real-time economic indicators.
- What current unemployment, GDP growth, inflation trends, and consumer confidence actually signal.
- The “big four” recession indicators (and why they’re giving mixed readings in late 2025).
- How a downturn can affect ER shifts, wages, contracts, bonuses, and employer stability.
- What it looks like to stay recession-resilient without panic, overcorrection, or abandoning long-term plans.
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ER docs, emergency medicine, recession indicators, physician finance, GDP, unemployment, inflation, payer mix, Medicaid churn, uninsured patients, hospital budgets, RVUs, investment behavior, financial planning, economic slowdown
