Explore the role of troughs in the business cycle, where economic activity or prices bottom out before recovery, marked by ...

The business cycle involves four stages of a product's life: introduction, growth, maturity and decline. The product life cycle business concept is contingent on a few assumptions, including the idea ...

A business cycle demonstrates the fiscal activity of an economy over a period of time. While business cycles differ in various ways, including how long they last, each of them has four distinct stages ...

Q: I often hear people say "at this point in the cycle," but I'm not sure what that means. Where are we in the cycle? A: I think it's important to begin with a discussion of what the business cycle is ...

Austrian economics provides valuable insights for business planning, but not so much in business cycle analysis. It’s not that key insights from the Austrian school of economics are wrong, but that ...

Understanding the depth, diffusion and duration of this downturn. This is a brutal recession, but may not be as bad in one respect. To understand why, we must assess the severity of this recession in ...

As I mentioned in my last article, I recently had the pleasure of attending MOI Global’s Latticework 2018 Conference, at which legendary investor Howard Marks was one of the featured speakers. Marks ...

Norbert Michel studied and wrote about financial markets and monetary policy, including the reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Central banks … will do wisely to lay aside their inexpert ventures in ...

Animal spirits are often suggested as a cause of business cycles, but they are very difficult to define. Recent research proposes a novel explanation based on the changing level of risk over time and ...

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 ...

A version of this article appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of strategy+business. This interview is part of the Inside the Mind of the CxO series, which explores a wide range of critical decisions ...