Economic Cycle

So far, the banking challenges of 2023 have been far from catastrophic.

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“Slap” seems to be an early contender for 2022’s theme of the year.  Even the most casual reader of news knows of the slap heard around the world at this year’s Academy Awards.  Atlas doesn’t condone violence, but one must acknowledge it left one of the most impressive comedians in the modern era relatively speechless.  A consummate professional, Chr

Cycles govern much of our world.  The Beatles taught us that when the sun moves lower in the sky for a portion of the year we shouldn’t fret about the cold lasting forever.  Economies also ebb and flow as the business cycle moves from periods of expansion into usually relatively short intervals of contraction.  Even breathing is cyclical. 

More data regarding America’s economic output were collected and tallied up by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, providing a fuller look at our nation’s gross domestic product.  Unfortunately, the fuller picture suggests additional slowing took place in the final quarter of last year than first thought.  On a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis, output grew 2.2 percent, r