economic cycle

noun

1. business cycle.

Example Sentences

“Cycles in skyscraper construction reflect the economic cycles,” says Willis.

From Time

Workers there have, in a sense, returned to the point in the economic cycle where the steelworkers of the early 20th century had been.

From ProPublica

"The economic cycle messes up this comparison," said Eugene Steurele with the Urban Institute.

From The Daily Beast

The reason: A credit crisis-induced recession is far more precipitous than the typical economic-cycle recession.

From The Daily Beast