Here's how you can get a grip on your personal finances before and during a recession.
We do weird things in times of recession, like comfort-eating meatloaf and ice cream, according to food trend experts.
We're also more prone to panicking and making mistakes with our money, personal finance experts and economists told Insider.
"A recession sort of reveals problems that people may have, and not necessarily pay attention to much in the good times," he said.
In good times, with interest rates low, your viewpoint can be obscured by the ease of getting credit, he said.