Economics
Fed Describes Economy as ‘Strong’ for the First Time Since 2006
- Economic activity judged as strong for first time in expansion
- Morgan Stanley says that supports its late-cycle view
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So long, modest, moderate and solid. Strength is making a comeback.
The Federal Reserve described economic activity as “strong” in Wednesday’s statement, the first time it’s done so since it called it “quite strong” in May 2006 -- in the late stages of the last economic expansion, shortly before the housing market drove the economy into meltdown. Morgan Stanley highlighted the change in a research note.