The Fact That Business Cycles Are Periodic but Not Recurrent

question 27

Multiple Choice

The fact that business cycles are periodic but not recurrent means that

• A)business cycles occur at predictable intervals,but do not last a predetermined length of time.
• B)the business cycle's standard contraction-trough-expansion-peak pattern has been observed to recur over and over again,but not at predictable intervals.
• C)business cycles occur at predictable intervals,but do not all follow a standard contraction-trough-expansion-peak pattern.
• D)business cycles last a predetermined length of time,but do not all follow a standard contraction-trough-expansion-peak pattern.

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Definitions:

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