Do Business Cycles Die of Old Age? By Jeremy Jones, CFA - April 8, 2016 At a forum yesterday, former Fed Chair Bernanke said, “There is no sense in which expansions die of old age.” That might be true in Dr. Bernanke’s model of the economy, but the historical record suggests otherwise. Share this:EmailTwitterFacebook RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Do Lower Mortgage Rates Matter if House Prices Are Still High? This Has Never Happened to German Bonds Before Now Time to Get Defensive?