After all, there were too many variables in the business cycle and their industry.
The business cycle is different from sports, which can make business teams impatient at times.
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Another group of optimists, however, places much more emphasis on the business cycle and good fortune.
As the business cycle turns up, companies draw down cash and borrow to finance increasing investment.
The link between how much health care we consume and the business cycle is well-established.
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Historically, by this time in the business cycle the U.S. economy would be in recovery.
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The business cycle accounted for much of that, but Harvey-Jones magic had made the difference too.
Although a private sector body, the NBER has been dating the business cycle since 1929.
Nor has Mr Greenspan done a much better job than foreign central banks at smoothing the business cycle.
These sorts of market failures are most common during downturns in the business cycle, when credit availability tightens.
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Is he a closet indexer, a crapshooter or an agile player trying to dope out the business cycle?
Part-time work is often seasonal or otherwise vulnerable to the business cycle and other economic ups and downs.
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Continental Europe lags America in the business cycle, which means that there is still room for good news.
If the economic setting turns gray, they are impervious to the business cycle.
Net exports are very similar in that they, too, follow the business cycle.
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They are the forces that drive the business cycle rather than follow it.
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The current Chairman of the Fed, Ben Bernanke, is a leading specialist on monetary policy and the business cycle.
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It is important to note that misjudging the stage of the business cycle might lead to losses, rather than gains.
Demand for commercial jetliners tends to closely follow global economic patterns, exaggerating the ups and downs of the business cycle.
While the business cycle can not be repealed we can avoid policies that flatten the growth and deepen the valleys.
Nor will the official arbiter of American recessions, the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
This time investors are putting too much faith in the flawed notion that inflation and the business cycle are dead.
Forecasting errors tend to be larger at turning points in the business cycle and when shifts occur in major economic trends.
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Markets tend to anticipate the sectors that will perform best, often three to six months before the business cycle starts up.
It is pointless for a modern president to plead that some things, such as the business cycle, are beyond his control.
The sectors will cycle together, and then sectors within an industry will cycle, and then the business cycle and the economic cycle.
But Americans' passion for spending has implications far beyond the business cycle.
And their theory of the business cycle has won few mainstream converts.
After all, office, commercial and mortgage REITs are largely tied to the business cycle, but college enrollments tend to remain steady over time.
It is abundantly clear the business cycle has sped up, and that time is not going to be afforded as it once was.
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