business cycle
noun
: a cycle of economic activity usually consisting of recession, recovery, growth, and decline
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Globalization and 24-hour news cycles have already made business cycles shrink dramatically.
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Paroon Chadha, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Nonfinancial corporations have paid on average 17.7% of their profits in taxes during this business cycle – the lowest share of any business cycle, for which these data are available.
—Christian Weller, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
In my opinion, our country needs a recession because that is part of the normal business cycle.
—Louis Cannataro, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a non-profit, nonpartisan research group that dates U.S. business cycles, is responsible for determining whether or not the economy has entered a recession.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2025
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Paroon Chadha, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Nonfinancial corporations have paid on average 17.7% of their profits in taxes during this business cycle – the lowest share of any business cycle, for which these data are available.
—Christian Weller, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
In my opinion, our country needs a recession because that is part of the normal business cycle.
—Louis Cannataro, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a non-profit, nonpartisan research group that dates U.S. business cycles, is responsible for determining whether or not the economy has entered a recession.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Business cycle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20cycle. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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