• Negative growth is a decrease in a company’s sales or profits, or a decrease in a country’s GDP during any quarter.
  • Slower wage growth and contraction in the money supply are characteristics of negative growth, and economists view negative growth as a sign of a possible recession or depression.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 and the Great Recession of 2008 were the last cases of significant negative growth in the US economy.