When Will This Recession Finally End? Posted on January 2, 2009January 9, 2009 by Your Financial FactSheet Luskin, SmartMoney: “I have a lot of institutional clients who take very seriously the idea that this recession could be permanent. In their minds, it could turn out to be more like a depression. Even when we pull out of the worst of it, we’ll be stuck with year after year of slow growth.”