Recession means actually nothing going on in the finance sector and that effects the reel sector deeply. At recessions things would go really really worst. And recessionsn hit the poorest people first.
They would;
Lose jobs,
Pay cuts or freezings,
Debts grow and be monster,
Mortgages payments stops so lose the homes,
Small businessess lose their customers and finally they lose the whole business,
So recession mean actually chaning your life style from normal to worst. At this times security is most important as people would do everything for money.