trade cycle

British  

noun

1. Also called (esp US and Canadian): business cycle.  the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country

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Example Sentences

Traders with access to space in tanks can snap up cheap barrels, store them for a month, and sell them on at the start of the next trade cycle when prices are typically stronger.

From Reuters

PMIs for Japan, which surpassed growth expectations in 2017 on the back of the surging tech and trade cycle globally, will be released on Thursday.

From Reuters

The biggest contribution to unemployment outside the downward slopes of the trade cycle, Beveridge argued, was the inefficiency of industry when it came to hiring workers.

From The Guardian

"Any currencies that are highly linked into the trade cycle will probably react badly in a Trump victory," said Mark Wills, managing director and head of investment solutions group, State Street Global Advisors, in Sydney.

From Reuters

"There are signs that the global activity and trade cycle is gaining momentum, driven by the recovery in high income countries," said Louis Kuijs, an economist at Royal Bank of Scotland.

From BBC