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We skipped the winter recession! Well at least that's what it looks like... because of this our business cycle is all out of whack.

This Article talks about the American business Cycle, discussing what usually happens and explaining how the business cycle is measured it also suggests that due to the federal reserve working efficiently recession might have been skipped all together and that acceleration in economic growth is present.

This article gives us an insight into the US private investment sector in order to gain the ability of analyzing the potential business cycle in private investment. Here you can see lots of information and analysis that the article has done.

This article talks about how "India is well into a recovery phase, fast approaching growth." This has been heavily due to the rise in GDP of which 55% of it is accountable for consumer spending.

Raising UK living standards depends on raising productivity, but how? In this article a lot is discussed about the issues of business cycles

I think when relating this article to this business cycle it would be fair for one to say that the UK economy is on the 'recovery' section on the business cycle yet some still argue that the productivity is still not at a high enough rate. People must remember that wadges have only been increase for a short while so therefor consumer confidence may not be at its peak. However what I do think is concerning is the fact that the current interest rate in the uk is 0.5% meaning borrowing is cheaper and there will be less investing money in banks, meaning consumers should feel more inclined to spend yet this is something that is not happening.

Is the U.S. economy's current expansion past its sell-by date? Will we soon go back to the employment levels we had before 2008, or did the recession do lasting damage? Macroeconomists wrestle with these questions, but usually without much success.

This article explains how China is in the turning point of its business cycle, and how its government is trying to lead its economy into a 'soft' landing.

This article is an opinion blog and discusses monetary and fiscal policies, the business cycle and the keynesian / new classical perspectives.

This article discusses how the business cycle has more "pain in store" which means that unemployment will grow by 15%.

This article gives an overview of the American business cycle starting from World War 2 to the present time. It also gives information about the Fed's fiscal policy.

The German finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble talks about expansionary monetary and dept financed fiscal policy not being the answer to economic growth.

This article discusses what the German Finance Minister talked about, which is that he warns Germany about their Fiscal policy, as their policy seems to be causing instability in the German economy. Therefore, continuing with the current fiscal policy would result in up and down cycles repeatedly.