Supraspinatus (Rotator Cuff) Tendinitis/Tear. The rotator cuff is a term given to four main tendons that wrap around the shoulder joint, the supraspinatus tendon being the tendon coming off the shoulder blade in the top portion.
Definition. Period of general economic decline, defined usually as a contraction in the GDP for six months (two consecutive quarters) or longer. Marked by high unemployment, stagnant wages, and fall in retail sales, a recession generally does not last longer than one year and is much milder than a depression.
Wherever one starts in the cycle, the economy is observed to go through four periods â expansion, peak, contraction and trough. Recession is typically used to mean a downturn in economic activity, but most economists use a specific definition of two consecutive quarters of declining real GDP for recession. By comparison, there is no formal definition of depression.