A trough, in economic terms, can refer to a stage in the business cycle where activity is bottoming, or where prices are bottoming, before a rise.

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 ...

Explore how long typical boom and bust cycles last, their impact, and economic trends in U.S. business cycles.

What are economic cycles? Why is it important to understand economic cycles? What are the main causes of economic cycles? What are the key indicators of economic cycles? How can you predict a ...

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Wednesday challenged the notion that today's market is following a cohesive business cycle, saying there's a "huge conflicting group of currents" that make the economy difficult ...

The economy has finally digested the enormous surge of retail sales from May 2020 through April 2021, setting the stage for continued economic expansion and bull market. The retail surge helped push ...

We estimate shocks that explain most of the variation in the current account at business cycle frequencies and over the long run. We then explore, using a standard open-economy macro model, which ...