economic cycle
Americannoun
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Add in a requirement to keep paying out through good times and bad and the approach weeds out businesses supersensitive to the economic cycle or in sectors prone to disruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Unlike housing costs, which are finally cooling after years of runaway growth, medical costs don’t move with the economic cycle.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Cyclical stocks, on the other hand, are closely tied to the economic cycle.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
The company’s objective for basic EPS growth through the economic cycle of at least high single-digit remains unchanged, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
My hypothesis is that the end of every economic cycle fosters this panicky uncertainty, which is monetarily reflected as inflation.
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel
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