Business cycles are a type of fluctuation found in the aggregate economic activity of a nation—a cycle that consists of expansions occurring at about the same time in man… See more

In essence, business cycles are marked by the alternation of the phases of expansion and contraction in aggregate economic activity and the co-movement among economic v… See more

The severity of a recession is measured by the three D's: depth, diffusion, and duration. A recession's depth is determined by the magnitude of the peak-to-trough decline in the broad … See more

The biggest stock price downturns tend to occur—but not always—around business cycle downturns (e.g., contractions and recessions). For example, the Dow Jones Industrial A… See more

The business cycle is the time is takes the economy to go through all four phases of the cycle: expansion, peak, contraction, and trough. Expansions are times of increasing … See more