2024年6月6日 · Business cycles are composed of concerted cyclical upswings and downswings in the broad measures of economic activity—output, employment, income, and sales. The alternating phases of the...

2023年12月19日 · An economic cycle, or business cycle, has four stages: expansion, peak, contraction, and trough. The average economic cycle in the U.S. has lasted roughly five and a half years since 1950 ...

经济周期(business cycle)，从英文翻译来看，应该也可叫做商业周期，它指的是一个以商业为主的经济体，经济发展的周期性变化。 注意，这里虽然用周期两个字来形容，但 实际上并不是准确的说法，使用再现这个词会比较好一点。

Business cycles are a type of fluctuation found in the aggregate economic activity of nations that organize their work mainly in business enterprises: a cycle consists of expansions occurring at about the same time in many economic activities, followed by similarly general recessions, contractions, and revivals which merge into the expansion ...

2024年7月12日 · There are four main stages in a business cycle: expansion, peak, contraction, and trough. 1. Expansion. In an expansion phase, businesses are growing. Aggregate output is increasing, and they may be hiring more workers to ramp up production. Customer demand is strong, and businesses are confident they can sell the goods and services produced.

Understanding the economic cycle involves grasping the shifts between expansion and contraction influencing growth, employment, and market trends. The four stages of the business cycle include peak, expansion, contraction, and trough, each impacting the economy differently.

2021年6月8日 · What Is a Business Cycle? The business cycle is a natural occurrence in the economy. It is generally described as a sequence of periods of expansion, followed by a period of contraction, and finally a period of recovery. Knowing the business cycle is important for a few reasons. First, it can help you understand how the economy works.

2002年5月1日 · Business cycles are the "ups and downs" in economic activity, defined in terms of periods of expansion or recession. During expansions, the economy, measured by indicators like jobs, production, and sales, is growing–in real terms, after excluding the effects of inflation.

2022年2月2日 · The trade cycle is used to analyze the state of the economy. In the United States, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) follows the stages of the business cycle based on the growth rates of the quarterly GDP, along with month-to-month economic indicators including: Retail sales; Levels of industrial production; Real personal income ...

2024年10月3日 · Real gross domestic product (GDP)—total economic output adjusted for inflation—is the broadest measure of economic activity. The economy’s movement through these alternating periods of growth and contraction is known as the business cycle. The business cycle has four phases: expansion, peak, contraction, and trough, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1.