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4 Highly Recession-Resistant Stocks to Buy Now

Sean Williams, The Motley Fool
·6-min read
4 Highly Recession-Resistant Stocks to Buy Now

In case you missed the memo, the U.S. economy is in a recession -- its first in 11 years. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic completely turned the business world on its head, and has sent the U.S. unemployment rate to levels not consistently seen in more than eight decades. According to initial data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, second-quarter gross domestic product declined by an ugly 9.5% on a quarter over quarter basis.

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