If inflation is at 7% a year and GDP growth is 2%, does that really mean there isn't a recession?
Its worse to have GDP growth of 2% and 7% inflation than GDP growth at 0 and inflation at 2%.
And no, inflation is not 2% according to the Chocolate Factory in DC. So we may be in a recession already and its being masked by rampant money growth resulting in nominal growth, but real contraction.