business cycle
Noun
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recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline
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All part of a government intervention that interrupts the business cycle with unintended consequences for legitimate businesses.
Austrian business cycle theory postulates that business cycles are caused by the misallocation of resources from consumption to investment during "booms", and out of investment during "busts".
Hayek used this body of work as a starting point for his own interpretation of the business cycle, elaborating what later became known as the " Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle ".
Even in the absence of anti-competitive practices, this has created a virtuous business cycle for the dominant operators.
In retrospect, it’s hard not to see the Great Depression as something not merely quantitatively, but qualitatively, different from your typical business cycle fluctuation that rolls around every five or 10 years.
However, with domestic demand led growth (as in the United States and Australia) the trade balance will shift towards imports at the same stage in the business cycle.