business cycle
noun
: a cycle of economic activity usually consisting of recession, recovery, growth, and decline
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Conduct Thorough Scenario Planning Liquidity management, scenario planning and a strong investment evaluation process can help companies prepare for opportunistic investments in all business cycles.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The committee has maintained a chronology of U.S. business cycles since its creation in 1978.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Because this decline occurred over decades, it cannot be attributed to a single business cycle or to monetary policy; explanations must lie elsewhere.
—James H. Stock, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
The report, however, does not find a steady decrease in costs, as the alleged law has predicted, and the reasons for the recent decline appear to have more to do with business cycles than with technological progress.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2010
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The committee has maintained a chronology of U.S. business cycles since its creation in 1978.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Because this decline occurred over decades, it cannot be attributed to a single business cycle or to monetary policy; explanations must lie elsewhere.
—James H. Stock, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
The report, however, does not find a steady decrease in costs, as the alleged law has predicted, and the reasons for the recent decline appear to have more to do with business cycles than with technological progress.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2010
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“Business cycle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20cycle. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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