The business cycle involves four stages of a product's life: introduction, growth, maturity and decline. The product life cycle business concept is contingent on a few assumptions, including the idea ...

A business cycle demonstrates the fiscal activity of an economy over a period of time. While business cycles differ in various ways, including how long they last, each of them has four distinct stages ...

The “business cycle” might just be one of the oldest ideas in economics. For more than 200 years, economists have been pointing to the tendency of economies to expand, then slow down, contract and ...

Q: I often hear people say "at this point in the cycle," but I'm not sure what that means. Where are we in the cycle? A: I think it's important to begin with a discussion of what the business cycle is ...

Business cycle funds aim to optimise returns by aligning their portfolios with different phases of the economic cycle. First-time investors, those who prefer stable sector allocations, and those ...

New entrepreneurs often ask us, "When do we enter the business life cycle?" Having been a part of the release management domain for over 15 years, we have often heard startup founders and CEOs ask ...

Understanding the depth, diffusion and duration of this downturn. This is a brutal recession, but may not be as bad in one respect. To understand why, we must assess the severity of this recession in ...

Norbert Michel studied and wrote about financial markets and monetary policy, including the reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Central banks … will do wisely to lay aside their inexpert ventures in ...

Austrian economics provides valuable insights for business planning, but not so much in business cycle analysis. It’s not that key insights from the Austrian school of economics are wrong, but that ...

We’re at an interesting point in the business cycle. There are signs that growth is waning, however, it doesn’t yet appear like a time to panic. The ISM index has been particularly notable. Last ...

Periods during which a business, an industry or the entire economy expands and contracts Many business cycles are anything but regular. They vary in intensity and length. Expansions and contractions ...

The economy is always in a state of flux, moving through periods of growth and recession, and after both, a full business cycle is complete. That cycle can be broken down further into four stages: ...