economic expansion

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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

By the third quarter of 2025, it accounted for nearly half of all spending growth, contributing almost a full percentage point to overall economic expansion.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

State Street Investment Management said in a recent business cycle analysis, that during economic expansion, “financials’ outperformance is quite consistent, as they beat the market in 11 out of 13 expansion phases.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026

Exports drove China’s economic expansion in 2025 to a degree not seen since 1997, according to government data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

They could provide the impetus for a renewed golden age of European economic expansion.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Vaknin, Samuel