Google Trends Data Shows ‘Recession’ Searches Have Soared 355 Percent This Year
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust has faced selling pressure for most of 2022 on continued supply-chain constraints, lingering COVID-19 lockdowns in China, and rising inflation concerns. As the Federal Reserve continues to aggressively fight inflation, search data suggests investors are increasingly anticipating an economic slowdown.
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Searches for the term “recession” in the United States are up 355 percent in 2022, according to Google Trends data compiled by Cinch Home Services. “Upcoming recession” searches have jumped 247 percent over the past year, while “housing recession” searches soared 461 percent.
Alphabet Inc.’s Google Trends platform shows data points that represent search interest relative to the highest point on the chart. A value of 100 represents the time of peak popularity for the term. A value of 50, for example, indicates that the term is half as popular at the selected time….