Business cycles are the repetitive expansions and contractions of activity within economies. The unemployment level of an economy is the measurement of people who are looking for work but cannot ...

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 ...

The Aggregate Economy is currently growing at 1.8%, slightly below the 2% trend. Click here to read more about our Four ...

The most desirable phase of a business cycle is expansion. In the broader economy, this phase marks steady growth in both production and profit, with a booming stock market and low unemployment.

My favorite recession indicator is the weekly data on the people who filed for unemployment insurance at least a week earlier ...

Understanding these cycles can help you make strategic financial decisions. In an expansion phase, businesses thrive, and ...

There is a growing view that the U.S. business cycle has changed (for better) in a more diversified economy. To some, that sounds like tempting fate.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dipped to 245,000 last week, hovering at historically low levels, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Subdued hiring and subdued firings is an odd limbo to be in. Typically, once unemployment ticks up from its low point during a cycle, it does not gently wiggle sideways near that level; it tends ...