business cycle

noun

1. a recurrent fluctuation in the total business activity of a country.

business cycle

noun

1. the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country Also calledtrade cycle

business cycle

1. A period during which business activity reaches a low point, recovers, expands, reaches a high point, decreases to a new low point, and so on.

Word History and Origins

Origin of business cycle¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Then there are seasonality changes that you see recover with the change in seasons for your business cycles.

From Search Engine Land

The business cycle evolves and you have to constantly assess it.

From Digiday

This is a middling jobs report for the middle of the business cycle.

From The Daily Beast

But given the length of the business cycle, another downturn is unlikely to happen again in the second term (if there is one).

From The Daily Beast

The current gloom is no more realistic than late 1990s euphoria and will fade with the turn of the business cycle.

From The Daily Beast

But we also need an approach that could credibly balance the budget over the business cycle.

From The Daily Beast

Since both took office close to a business cycle trough and left office close to a cyclical peak, this is a reasonable comparison.

From The Daily Beast

Many, probably the majority, are making more money than at any previous stage of the business cycle.

From Project Gutenberg

It is better to apply to it the imagery of the business cycle.

From Project Gutenberg

The equation of exchange should cover the whole business cycle, to fit in with the theory.

From Project Gutenberg

Each business cycle has its own peculiar characteristics—it is unique as Mitchell says.

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The business cycle is man-made; and men of good will, working together, can smooth it out.

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