business cycle
noun
: a cycle of economic activity usually consisting of recession, recovery, growth, and decline
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Some 60% of the world’s GDP is encumbered by debt to GDP of 100% or more, and untypically large deficits in the context of a business cycle expansion phase.
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
That building becomes not just a workplace but a long-term family asset, a hedge against business cycles, and a powerful vehicle for generational wealth.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
It’s used by the Conference Board to produce economic indexes that help companies better understand the current business cycle.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
That's when the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the group of academics that date business cycles here in the U.S., will date the start of a recession.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
That building becomes not just a workplace but a long-term family asset, a hedge against business cycles, and a powerful vehicle for generational wealth.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
It’s used by the Conference Board to produce economic indexes that help companies better understand the current business cycle.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
That's when the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the group of academics that date business cycles here in the U.S., will date the start of a recession.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for business cycle
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“Business cycle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20cycle. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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