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This article shows the results of a survey of which stage of the business cycle investors think we are in. Most people believe we are no mid-cycle, and about 1% believing we are in recession!

This article talks about different points of view about where we are in the cycle right now, and why it is so hard to predict recessions. It uses the example of the US recession just a few years ago, and how it started in 2007, but economists weren't able to identify that until 2008.

This article looks at what part of the business cycle the Australian economy currently is in. The author describes in good detail how certain aspects of the ending of a recession; lower unemployment due to big firms laying off employees and low interest rates, and low inflation.

This article talks about how the U.S. is doing in the business cycle. Apparently they are still in the recovery mode and GDP levels are not as strong as expected. Companies are also not hiring as much people because their confidence in a consistent economy is still shallow.

The prices for potash become the victim of the market's business cycle, and the producers continue to struggle.

This article talks about the optimism of rich people in Canada after the great recession. It also says that 76% place great hopes into the energy sector sector while 30% count on the manufacturing sector to improve significantly.

This article talks about how a man named John. H Mankin thinks that a recession is going to happen in the US very soon. He predicted this based on past trends and by analysing the statistics. He saw that unemployment is above 7.5% and for the first time since 2011 the housing sector failed. He says that in 2011 and in 2012 the US suffered two growth declines and the fiscal and monetary policies used during those times will not work a third time thus resulting in a 'third-time unlucky recession of 2014'

This article describes the scarcity of raises in the United States, especially for those with a college education, due greatly to the recent recession. The article then goes on to discuss ways in which we can increase the number of "good" jobs for these college-educated students in the United States.