2. Peak An economy reaches its peak, or the height of the economic cycle, when growth hits its maximum point. The economic indicators that had been signaling expansion may now plateau.

The concept of economic cycles is pivotal in understanding the fluctuations in the economy that impact our daily lives. These cycles consist of four main phases: expansion, peak, recession, and ...

Getting Longer The National Bureau of Economic Research measures the current economic expansion at 111 months and counting. The current period is the second-longest expansion of NBER's 160-year ...

In business and life, change is the only constant we can depend on. To move your business forward in each phase of the economic cycle, you must embrace this philosophy.

An October 2022 study conducted by Hanover Research found that 75% of CFOs expected economic disruption to be the biggest challenge of 2023, anticipating disruption could last well into mid-to ...

By that time, too, the current economic recovery, which began in July 2009, will be 74 months old, the third-longest since 1857 and twice the length of the average economic expansion.

History shows that stocks tend to perform far better when rate cuts come against a background of resilient growth instead of during a sharp economic slowdown. Since 1970, the S&P 500 has climbed ...

Credit unions’ federal lobbying investment stood at around $7.4 million in 2016, a whisker higher than the previous year but other than that lower than any year since 2008. Again, most of that -- $4.3 ...