economic expansion

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Americans are still spending at sufficient levels to extend a six-year-old economic expansion.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The six-year-old economic expansion can’t go on forever, but it can go on for quite a while — as long as the labor market is stable and profits remain high.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

Despite the property-sector slump and an expected slowdown in export growth, Moody’s expects exports to continue supporting a relatively strong pace of economic expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Moreover, the economy is in the later stages of its economic expansion that’s been happening for over five years.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

When the crisis was over, the country resumed with astonishing celerity the interrupted process of economic expansion.

From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David