Business Cycle

Definition: Business Cycle

Business Cycle

Noun

1. Recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Economics

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Business Cycle

Crosswords: Business Cycle

Books

• Advances in Business Cycle Research: With Applications to the French and Us Economies (reference)

• Advances in Markov-Switching Models: Applications in Business Cycle Research and Finance (Studies in Empirical Economics) (reference)

• Business Cycle Theory (The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, No 58) (reference)

• Frontiers of Business Cycle Research (reference)

• Inter-Corporate Business Engineering: Streamlining the Business Cycle from End to End (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Business Cycle Developments (reference)

• Business Cycle Indicators (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Business

South Africa is only at the beginning of the globalization business cycle, and coupled with the drive to be more effective and efficient is the fact that companies are, at the same time, seeking to lower their costs. (references)

Economic History

Singapore

Official policy maintains that not setting a minimum wage reduces unemployment and allows for wages to adjust to fluctuations in the business cycle. (references)

Mexico

Mexico is highly dependent on exports to the U.S., which account for almost a quarter of the country's GDP. The result is that the Mexican economy is strongly linked to the U.S. business cycle. (references)

Sweden

Although the government is working to fulfill its goal that the state budget should generate an average surplus of 2 percent of GDP over a business cycle, political demands for public spending will keep expenditure cuts marginal in the near term. (references)

Political Economy

BELGIUM

This decline can be largely attributed to a slowdown in exports due to the deteriorating international business cycle. (references)

BELGIUM

Sectors that are expected to perform relatively well in this downturn of the business cycle are energy, pharmaceuticals, and distribution. (references)

PERU

Labor experts assert that companies prefer this type of hiring because it affords them the chance to adapt their total payroll to the business cycle without the hassle of having to seek government approval to release workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Danish

konjunktursvingninger (cyclical movements, economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), konjunkturforloeb (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), konjunkturcyklus (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), konjunkturcykel (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), konjunktur (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), økonomisk konjunktur (business cyclical situation, economic activity, economic climate, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, trade cycle). (various references)

Dutch

bedrijfscyclus (business cyclical situation, duty, duty cycle, economic activity, economic climate, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, load cycle, trade cycle), economische conjunctuur (business cyclical situation, economic activity, economic climate, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, trade cycle), conjunctuurcyclus (business cyclical situation, economic activity, economic climate, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), conjunctuur (business cyclical situation, business outlook, economic, economic activity, economic climate, economic conditions, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, state of trade, trade cycle). (various references)

Finnish

taloudellinen suhdanne (business cyclical situation, economic activity, economic climate, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, trade cycle), suhdannevaihtelu (business cyclical situation, economic activity, economic climate, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, trade cycle), suhdannejakso (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), suhdanne (business conditions). (various references)

French

cycle économique (short-term business cycle). (various references)

German

Wirtschaftskonjunktur (business cyclical situation, economic activity, economic climate, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, trade cycle), Konjunkturzyklus (trade cycle), Konjunkturablauf (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), Konjunktur (economic situation, economy). (various references)

Greek 

κύκλος οικονομικής δραστηριότητας (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), συγκυριακός κύκλος (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), οικονομικός κύκλος (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), οικονομική συγκυρία (business cyclical situation, economic activity, economic climate, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, trade cycle). (various references)

Hungarian

konjunktúraciklus, konjuktúraciklus, ipari ciklus, újratermelési ciklus. (various references)

Italian

congiuntura economica (business cyclical situation, economic activity, economic climate, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, trade cycle), ciclo economico (business cyclical situation, economic activity, economic climate, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), ciclo congiunturale (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

景気循�'� . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

けいきじゅ�"か�". (various references)

Pig Latin

usinessbay yclecay

Portuguese

conjuntura económica (business cyclical situation, economic activity, economic climate, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, trade cycle), ciclo económico (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), ciclo conjuntural (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle). (various references)

Russian 

ход экономического цикла (course of business cycle). (various references)

Spanish

coyuntura económica (business cyclical situation, economic activity, economic climate, economic cycle, economic situation, level of economic activity, trade cycle), coyuntura (conjuncture, joint, juncture, moment, occasion), ciclo económico (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), ciclo coyuntural (cycle, economic cycle, short-term business cycle, time cycle, trade cycle), ciclo comercial. (various references)

Swedish

konjunkturcykel (economic cycle, short-term business cycle, trade cycle), konjunktur (economic situation). (various references)

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