U.S. Economic Expansion Now Second Longest in History

The U.S. economic expansion is now the second longest in history at 107 months.

Of course, this is great, but I think we also have to consider the possibility that the economy is going to run out of steam in the near future and start to go in another direction.

My thought is that by the end of 2019 or at least in 2020, this will start to occur. As shown in the following table, the expansion will be the longest in history if it keeps going through the middle of next year. Despite the nonsense spewed by some renowned economists before the Great Recession, we were reminded that expansions do not go on forever.

The business cycle is clearly not dead, and this expansion is likely to end in the near future.