business cycles

Scope Note

Periods of prosperity and depression; financial panics and recovery; cyclical expansion and contraction of credit; fluctuations in investment capital; inflation and deflation; etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 450 finance

Related Terms

• 178 sociocultural trends
• 433 production and supply
• 455 speculation
• 464 labor supply and employment
• 652 public finance
• 731 disasters