The country's
long economic expansion owes at least as much to home equity wealth as it does to stock gains, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says.
The fear: If
the long economic expansion takes a turn for the worse, investors could jettison the debt of more leveraged borrowers such as triple - B issuers.
The author explores why income inequality and all of the associated societal ills have only worsened even as the U.S. has experienced an eight - year -
long economic expansion.
«The silver lining is this very
long economic expansion,» said Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi.
We aim for this — not because inflation is all we care about — but because the maintenance of low inflation is a necessary condition for having
a long economic expansion in output and employment.
Nothing can take away the fact that Clinton presided over an extraordinarily
long economic expansion.
We are in the ninth year of an unusually
long economic expansion, and while we believe the cycle has room to run, we see gradually rising rates and modestly higher inflation ahead.
Weak wage growth helps explain why
this long economic expansion has been so tepid.
Over the past decade, patient investors benefited greatly from one of
the longest economic expansions in U.S. history, using stocks, gold and even cryptocurrency as vehicles of profit.
The yield curve may also be narrowing over concerns that a boost to fiscal policy through tax cuts and an increase to spending caps may foreshorten the U.S.'s second -
longest economic expansion.
We're in the midst of one of
the longest economic expansions in history.
In May, the recovery from the Great Recession is poised to become the second -
longest economic expansion in American history.
New York City's economy is booming, with 702,200 jobs added between 2009 and 2017 —
the longest economic expansion in more than 70 years, according to state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli...
And yet... 92» happened to mark the very beginning of
the longest economic expansion and greatest equity bull market in US history — one that would last for 3,452 days...
This bull market coincides with the second -
longest economic expansion in US history.
And for one of
the longest economic expansions on record, an inflation - adjusted policy rate that is positive represents a major shift from an accommodating stance to a curb - the - enthusiasm stance.
As we near the end of one of
the longest economic expansions in US history, CRE investing can continue to be a secure way to build wealth by carefully considering the space market fundamentals.»
Home - ownership rates are still near record lows, several percentage points down from before the housing bust, even after one of
the longest economic expansions on record.
Not exact matches
The current U.S.
economic expansion is now approaching nine years and is the third longest in duration since 1945, according to the National Bureau of Economic R
economic expansion is now approaching nine years and is the third
longest in duration since 1945, according to the National Bureau of
Economic R
Economic Research.
Already, the economy has been growing, albeit slowly, for
longer than most
economic expansions.
That kind of growth would cause problems within the country, especially if job losses mount or growth remains slow for the
long term, but Dollar said a steep decline
economic expansion may be just what the country needs.
And it's a good question when you consider the US's current
economic expansion is already the second -
longest of the postwar era.
The U.S. Department of Energy projects that global energy consumption will increase by 53 % between 2008 and 2035, with most of that growth coming from the
long - term
economic expansion in Asian countries.
We do not see the U.S.
economic expansion getting
long in the tooth.
This «says to me that we are in an
economic expansion that will last a
long time,» he said.
«We still expect a
long lasting
economic expansion of moderate growth, which should rival the US record of 10 years with S&P EPS growth averaging 6 % until the next recession, on 5 % sales growth, flat margins, 1 % share shrink,» Bianco wrote.
The current
economic expansion is the third -
longest in the nation's history and, if it continues, would be the
longest by the middle of 2019.
Markets tend to move in
long sweeping eras that reflect underlying
economic activity; think of the
expansions that lasted a decade or two, such as the postwar era (1946 - 66), or the tech bull market (1982 - 2000).
China has
long been a global growth engine with favorable
long - term fundamentals,
economic expansion and rising consumer wealth.
Steve Liesman reports on the
long - lasting
economic expansion from the depths of the 2008 financial crisis.
As the S&P 500 index has advanced this year mostly through multiple
expansion, the index is no
longer cheap, particularly considering that we are now almost half a decade into an
economic expansion and earnings growth is unexciting.
As the indicator in Chart 4 suggests, even as the Fed has recently raised interest rates under their control, monetary conditions remain a
long way from being sufficiently «tight» to restrict financial system liquidity and putting the
economic expansion at risk.
This will assist in further lengthening the current
economic expansion, which is already the
longest since the 1960s.
Even if market volatility picks up, this
long but moderate
economic expansion that began in June 2009 has fuel to go further, which is good news for investors.
«One of the reasons why
economic growth has been weaker in this
expansion than others is a lack of government spending now I think that in the short - term negative in the
long run I think a move in resources from the government sector to the private sector is positive but it takes a while for that to manifest itself in stronger overall GDP growth».
But pullbacks that occur against the backdrop of sustained
economic expansion and rising corporate profits — as is the case currently — present attractive opportunities for
long - term investors.
Even before the price rises for oil and other commodities seen this year, Australia had experienced a significant pick - up in inflation, in the mature phase of a
long period of
economic expansion.
This would test the resilience of the
economic expansion, and if the economy keeps growing as
long bonds rise in yield, then match the rises in
long yields with rises in the Fed Funds rate.
While consumers do not anticipate an
economic downturn anytime soon, the
long expansion has made consumers (and economists) somewhat apprehensive about future trends.
The current US recovery, which is now tied for the third -
longest on record, has also been the weakest
economic expansion since World War II, with an average annual growth rate of just 2 % over an 8 - year period.5 It may not take much to derail such tepid growth, particularly in light of continued high expectations.
Greetings, The United States: The current
economic expansion is expected to be the
longest and one of the slowest on record.
We've now been in an
economic expansion for 105 months — the third
longest on record.
In other words, even if we succeed in having good
economic growth and sustaining it for a
longer period than in earlier
expansions, it will not solve all our unemployment problems.
As
long as there is poverty anywhere, as
long as there are unfilled desires for material goods,
economic expansion seems to be at least an essential element in growth.
And that low point occurred just before the biggest and
longest - lasting
economic expansion in the history of the world, from 1983 until 2008.
The
long U.S.
economic expansion of the 1990s has done more than lower domestic unemployment rates (which was especially valuable during a time of welfare reform, because it enabled large numbers of recipients to move off welfare into jobs).
One of the
longest U.S.
economic expansions has lifted personal income in all states above pre-recession levels, according to a Pew study, but growth has varied from one state to another.
«Here we are in the ninth
longest national
economic expansion and as we see over the last eight years we keep cutting funding for a lot of core state programs to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals in the state.»
For our region's
economic renaissance to continue, we have to increase our connectivity; the
expansion of fiber internet will happen at some point in our future but the
longer we wait, the more it will cost us.»
For our region's
economic renaissance to continue, we have to increase our connectivity; the
expansion of fiber internet will happen at some point in our future but the
longer we wait, the more it will cost