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Since 1945:

A. the average length of economic expansions has increased and the average length of economic contractions has decreased.

B. the average length of both economic expansions and economic contractions has increased.

C. the average length of economic expansions has decreased and the average length of economic contractions has increased.

D. the average length of both economic expansions and economic contractions has decreased.

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