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This chart shows the quarter-over-quarter, annualized change in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Consumer Price Index (CPI), in relation to the S&P 500.

The gray bars indicate recessions, as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and not by the textbook definition of 2 consecutive quarters of negative real GDP growth.

  = recessions