expansion
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That sits just above the 50-point mark separating contractions from expansions.
From Barron's
The reading topped the 49.4 forecast from economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal and ended an eight-month run below the 50 mark that separates expansion and contraction.
In their outlook for 2026, economists at JPMorgan Chase said the “jobless expansion” might mean productivity growth will continue to boost wage and wealth gains that help the economy plow ahead.
Together, they document one of the earliest known expansions of land-dwelling animals into ocean ecosystems after a period of extreme global warming and mass extinction at the very beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs.
From Science Daily
That said, Bank of America is among this list of eight bank stocks cited by the KBW team as “best positioned for asset repricing and NIM expansion.”
From MarketWatch
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