When fewer goods are produced, workers are laid off, credit becomes difficult to obtain, and people cut back on their purchases even more, fearing unemployment. Eventually, this produces a distrust of the economy, resulting in , which is a decline in an economy's total production that lasts six months or longer

a. a trough
b. recession
c. inflation
d. expansion


b

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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