Economic cycles are a fundamental aspect of the financial landscape, influencing everything from job markets to personal ...

Periods during which a business ... to the 106-month expansion that spanned the 1960s. The characteristics of economic cycles include: Fluctuations tend to affect durable manufactured goods ...

Indeed, these stacato’d business cycles were driven by factors ... countries and companies makes a repeat of the long expansion cycles of the recent past a difficult act to follow.