What's a "Financial Recession?"

I hate to be picky, but this seems like a rather bizarre term to include in this Washington Post piece on the G-8 meeting on Saturday. The full sentence is:

"Obama, who has pushed for additional fiscal stimulus in the United States, said the new agreement affirmed the course his administration pursued during the financial recession at home."

It is difficult to see what is added by including the word "financial." The point is that we are still suffering from the effects of the recession that o...