cyclical
adjective
procyclical
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a word derived from
cyclical.
Example Sentences
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The DXY dollar index “can probably trade to the soft side all week as investors focus on higher-yielding and procyclical currencies,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Shin’s long collaboration with Tobias Adrian produced the seminal paper “Liquidity and Leverage,” which mapped how mark-to-market balance sheets turn rising asset prices into procyclical leverage — and how the reverse produces violent feedback loops.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
“So the procyclical market rotation is taking a breather today and growth is outperforming value, large cap is outperforming mid cap.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Instead, it has everything to do with where we are in the economic cycle and the fact that credit businesses like banking are remarkably procyclical.
From Slate ● May 11, 2017
