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Business Cycle

Trading Term

The process of economic activity fluctuating from episodes of growth to episodes of decline. Business cycles have four distinct elements: Recession, Recovery, Peak and Slowdown. Historically business cycles tend to be anywhere from 5 to 10 years peak to peak.

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