While the term technical recession may have some usefulness as a political tool, does it actually have economic significance? CBC News looked into the definition of a technical recession, how it ...

Is Canada's so-called "technical recession" already over? Canada's economy likely grew by 0.4 per cent in April.

The Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6 per cent in the third quarter, Statistics Canada said on Friday, avoiding a technical recession largely due to a surge in defence spending.

New GDP figures from Statistics Canada show the economy continued to grow last quarter, allowing Canada to avoid a technical recession. CBC senior reporter Peter Armstrong explains what a technical ...