A general dictionary defines recession in many ways like, "A period of an economic contraction, an extended decline in business activity, a general global slump that will last several months or years," and so on Recession is a time when economic disasters start, stock markets go haywire, mighty organizations drop to their knees, jobs get cut worldwide, best practices become worst practices, and so on

A popular comic strip once showed a soldier diligently watering a lawn in the rain When a puzzled passer-by questions the need for a hose during a rain the solder answers he is simply following orders that the lawn must to be watered everyday