cyclical unemployment

noun

1. periodic unemployment caused by fluctuations in the business cycle.

cyclical unemployment

noun

1. unemployment caused by fluctuations in the level of economic activity inherent in trade cycles

Example Sentences

Debt would gradually fall through limits set on annual net primary expenditure - spending that excludes one-off revenues, interest or outlays on cyclical unemployment - which the government has under direct control.

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Cyclical unemployment happens because the economy goes through periodic cycles of booms and busts.

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In a recession most unemployment is considered cyclical unemployment.

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Cyclical unemployment is the result of an economic downturn.

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Joblessness that results from a downturn in the business cycle is called cyclical unemployment.

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