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CYCLICAL FLUCTUATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Fluctuations
DEF

Oscillation in price and sales volume of a product, caused by variations in the economic cycle.

CONT

Figure 14-1 shows how the economic system was plagued with the uncertainties of the business cycle throughout our history as a nation, although fortunately rarely with so sustained and costly a slump as the post-1929 Great Depression. With surprisingly few variations, the same pattern of cyclical fluctuations was long repeated in England, Germany, and other foreign nations.

OBS

Long-term interest rates, for example, fluctuate in a specific manner from boom to recession.

OBS

cyclical fluctuation: term, definition and observation reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

cyclical pattern: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fluctuations économiques
DEF

Oscillation dans les prix et les ventes d'un produit qui est due à des variations dans le cycle économique.

CONT

La dynamique de l'intégration en Europe est marquée par de fortes fluctuations cycliques.

OBS

Par exemple, les taux d'intérêts à long terme, fluctuent d'une certaine manière, en passant de l'essor à la récession.

OBS

fluctuation cyclique : terme, définition et observation extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

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

Oscilación en los precios y en las ventas de un producto causada por variaciones en el ciclo económico.

OBS

Los tipos de interés a largo plazo, por ejemplo, fluctúan de determinada forma al pasar del auge a la recesión.

OBS

fluctuación cíclica: término, definición y observación extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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