In 2017, the economies of the 45 largest democracies with market economies grew in unison. That was the first time this has occurred since the years 2004-2007. Looking back in history to 1979 and including the periods already mentioned, synchronized global growth of this sort has happened in just seven years, or 18% of the time. It is anticipated to occur again in 2018. Enjoy it, it’s quite rare!