Economic downturns in recent decades have generally started with a bang – bubbles bursting in the housing or technology markets or oil price shocks come to mind – but the next one is more likely to arrive as a whimper.
As the US economy approaches a decade without a recession – closing in on the longest such period post-World War II – guessing what will cause the next downturn and when it will commence has turned into a parlor game for business.
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