business cycle

noun

: a cycle of economic activity usually consisting of recession, recovery, growth, and decline

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For the entire business cycle since the end of 2019, net business investment has averaged 2.6% of GDP, on par with the period between the start of the Great Recession and the pandemic. Christian Weller, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 But rather than one more turn of the economic wheel, the world may be experiencing major structural and secular changes that will outlast the current business cycle. Mohamed A. El-Erian, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2022 Economists generally focus on four distinct phases of the economic and business cycle: expansion, peak, contraction and trough. Steve Swinney, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 That survey, which is much more accurate at forecasting business cycle turning points, showed up as -355K for November after a -368K showing in October. Robert Barone, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for business cycle

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of business cycle was in 1858

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“Business cycle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20cycle. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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