Gov. Gary Herbert is not a fan of speculating about a possible recession — a word he refused to say out loud last week during a legislative preview.
“We cannot use the R-word,” he said. “It is not an inevitability that we’re going to have some major downturn in the economy.”
But the term isn’t too strong for state Rep. Robert Spendlove, who’s also the economic and public policy officer for Zions Bank and former policy director for Herbert and for former Gov. Jon Huntsman.
"I don't think a recession is imminent, but what I think we are experiencing right now is an economic slowdown.