The global recession has caused world leaders to back out of their commitments.

Every previous recession of the last three decades caused the rate to climb to at least 7.8 percent.

The recession has also caused a sharp increase in requests for financial aid, he said.

They also failed to see that the recession had caused a permanent loss of economic capacity.

The late 2000s recession caused development of the company products to be delayed.

The recession of the early 1980s caused the project to fall on hard times.

The oil crisis of the 70s and the recession in the 80s caused more delay.

The recession is causing Japanese consumers to hold on to cars longer.

Another recession would cause a dangerous unraveling of world debt.

This is one series of numbers in which recession has caused no blip.