Retail sales fell 0.9% in May, worse than expected as consumers pulled back

[ffr]

6. I'm sorry, but that's the way we learned it in economics, as it's the common definition

If you want to split hairs or be argumentative with that point, you can take it up with economists and authors of economic reading materials who wrote study materials from prior to 2008 and who's works applied prior to that. Then you can scream at your television in vain as those people are called to go on shows explaining that we're in a recession.