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What does Business Cycle mean?

The periodic but irregular up-and-down movements in economic activity, measured by fluctuations in real GDP and other macroeconomic variables.

Business Cycle in a sentence
A typical Business Cycle includes four phases: expansion, peak, contraction, and trough.

Business Cycle in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Konjunkturzyklus

Schwankungen im Auslastungsgrad des Produktionspotenzials.

French
Cycle économique

Succession de phases d'expansion und de contraction de l'activité économique.

Spanish
Ciclo económico

Fluctuaciones de la actividad económica a lo largo del tiempo.

Italian
Ciclo economico

Alternanza di fasi di espansione e di contrazione dell'economia.

Synonyms and opposites for Business Cycle

  • Synonym Economic cycle
  • Synonym Trade cycle

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