At 121 months, the U.S. economy is believed to have entered the longest expansion in the nation’s history, pending confirmation from official growth figures. It’s been a gradual climb higher, with the economy growing on average 2.3% each year since June 2009. In that time, unemployment has fallen to near its lowest level in half a century, but the wealth gap has ballooned, with a recent Deutsche Bank analysis finding the “typical American family is poorer than pre-crisis”. Some analysts are now forecasting a downturn in light of mixed global data and trade tensions.