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Business cycle

Business cycle Definition

A wavelike pattern of economic activity with alternating periods of economic boom and bust: expansion, recession (or depression), and recovery. The National Bureau of Economic Research determines the official peaks and troughs of the U.S. business cycle. Also called economic cycle.





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