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WEB POLL: Are we headed for a recession?

Or is it different this time?
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A man looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Inflation is high, and house prices are starting to drop for the first time in years.

Yet unemployment is also at a historic low, and the big problems facing most employers is that they can’t hire new staff fast enough.

Are we on the verge of a recession, or not?