Bears in berlin thanks for watching its a 1st in u. S. History economy has expanded for 126 consecutive months that also means is the 1st time the country has recorded an entire calendar decade without a recession both milestones were reported today by the National Bureau of Economic Research to be fair the expansion began at a very low point the end of the Great Recession and has been uneven with job growth slow at 1st and wages picking up later but things been booming since donald trump became president aided by his tax cut stimulus moves to slash regulation. One sign of that booming economy is that record breaking u. S. Markets s. And p. 500 on friday hit a record high for the 7th straight trading session nikkei didnt get the memo however its shares did it despite a strong Earnings Report revenue for the 2nd quarter beat analyst expectations although Gross Margins didnt nike posted higher revenues from china spite being hit by u. S. Tariffs as part of the trade dispute notably the c