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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I share insight and perspective on financial advice and true wealth. A boom and bust cycle refers to the alternating periods of ...

An economic cycle measures an economy's performance over time. It has four notable periods before the cycle renews: expansion, peak, recession, and trough. During the expansion period of an economic ...

Institutional investors are looking beyond short-term market cycles by focusing on long-term asset allocation, private ...

The global economy is shifting into a new era of growth, driven by the artificial intelligence boom and decarbonization. Four decades ago, the global economy embarked on the current super cycle, when ...

For a while, some economists tried to claim that business cycles are the result of significant changes in technology. The ...

Thomas Kevin Swift has packed insights gathered over a long career in industrial economics into A History of American Business Cycles, a book released earlier this year. The book tackles large volumes ...

Keynesian economics is a macroeconomic theory that advocates for active government intervention to manage economic cycles, particularly during recessions and depressions. Developed by British ...

The banking industry performed exceptionally well during the strong economic expansion of the past five years. Strong demand for loans and banking services and the strong supply of quality customers ...