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ECONOMIC CYCLE [1 record]

Record 1 2000-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Fluctuations
DEF

Periodic variations of general macroeconomic indices: growth, inflation, employment, etc. above and below the long term trend line of a country. A low cycle means depression and a high cycle means a boom.

OBS

Compare to "accounting cycle", "operating cycle" and "production cycle".

OBS

economic cycle: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

PHR

Typical business cycle; business cycle theory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fluctuations économiques
DEF

Fluctuation périodique plus ou moins régulière de l'activité économique, marquée par quatre phases successives : 1) la contraction ou récession, 2) le creux, 3) l'expansion, et 4) le sommet ou la stagnation.

OBS

«cycle» : Quoique le terme «cycle» tout court soit souvent utilisé en français pour désigner un «cycle économique», cela peut prêter à confusion.

OBS

cycle économique : terme extrait du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduit avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

PHR

cycle économique classique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fluctuaciones económicas
DEF

Variaciones periódicas de los índices generales macroeconómicos: crecimiento, inflación, empleo, etc., por encima y por debajo de la línea de tendencia a largo plazo de un país. Cuando es un ciclo a la baja se denomina recesión, y cuando es al alza expansión.

OBS

ciclo económico: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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