The business cycle describes the recurring, if irregular, pattern economies move through over time: expansion (growth), peak (the high point, right before a turn), contraction (decline, often called a recession), and trough (the bottom, right before renewed expansion begins). No two cycles are identical in length or severity — some expansions last a decade or more, some contractions are sharp but brief, others are…
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