The taming of the business cycle
Fewer recessions but weaker recoveries
In recent decades, the U.S. economy has become more stable. Notwithstanding the global financial crisis, recessions are milder and less frequent, while recoveries are weaker. The business cycle has certainly not been eliminated, but perhaps it has been tamed.
Several factors explain this increased economic stability, including better inventory management and diminished volatility in the housing sector, government spending and the services sector. In addition, some of the ultimate causes of recessions – the deeper imbalances that build up over time – have faded in their relevance.
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1. Over the postwar decades, U.S. economic growth has gradually slowed and stabilized.
2. In general, the key factors driving past recessions are unlikely to play the same role over our 10- to 15-year time horizon.
3. What will future recessions look like?
4. We believe these shifts in the anatomy of recession are global.
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