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2019 Mid-Year Economic Outlook
A bit more than 10 years after the most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression ended, the U.S. economy is again making history—this time positive history. The American economy is now in the longest expansion in history—one that has entered its 11th year.
August 1, 2019
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