economic cycle

American  

noun

1. business cycle.

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Example Sentences

Some of the markets best positioned to benefit from the economic cycle are in less-followed markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Investors are still betting that recession odds are still low, and a “non-recessionary slowdown in demand growth, that lowers inflation, should increase the odds that the economic cycle lasts longer,” he posits.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

“This cash-pay channel might be more sensitive to economic cycle, especially to middle-class U.S. households, and might be sensitive to AI-led labor-market disruptions in white-collar jobs,” the analysts wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Last week’s 2.4% year-over-year inflation print is positive for equities because it extends the economic cycle by delaying the eventual tightening of monetary policy.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

The more certain the future value of streams of income, the more open the economic environment, the shorter the economic cycle, the more frequent and rapid the economic interactions - the more valuable assets become.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel