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

However, it expects the UK to then recover with economic expansion of 1.3%.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

The pace of economic expansion in developing Asia and the Pacific—a group comprising the ADB’s 43 members—will remain stronger outside of China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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

Sluggish performances in the sugar and tourism sectors - which declined by 25% and 8% respectively - tempered economic expansion in 1995; output increased by 2% for the year, down from nearly 4% in 1994.

From The 1996 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency