Economic Depression Depression can be defined as a state of economic activity - or variables that are indicators, usually in the form of index numbers - less than a reference level. The criterion most often used is that of full employment of available resources or the potential for production in the period, in particular full employment of labor. This benchmark is the employment rate and maximum attainable maintained without causing inflationary pressures: this rate is close to an employment rate of 100 percent. 100. The phenomenon of unemployment arising from the residual friction phenomena on the labor market because it does not necessarily achieve this rate. Via : The Economic Depression Share with Bangpress