boom-bust cycles
Prosperity then collapse
Boom-bust cycles are alternating periods of economic expansion and contraction.
During the boom, growth accelerates, employment rises, and optimism drives investment.
The bust follows with declining output, job losses, and falling asset prices.
Economists debate whether these cycles are inherent to capitalism or caused by external shocks and policy failures: Real estate markets are prone to boom-bust cycles.
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- economic downturnDecline in financial activity
- expansionIncrease in scope
- bubbleAir-filled film sphere
- housing bubbleUnsustainable property price surge
dot com · crash · market crash · speculation · irrational exuberance · depression · prosperity · soft landing · downturn · inflation · panic · bank run · market · rally · dead cat bounce · surge · easy money · collapse
- biorhythmscircadian rhythm, circadian rhythms, circadian clock, biological clocks, biological clock
- desert survivalwater conservation, water storage, water retention, heat tolerance, drought tolerance
boom-bust cyclessteady growth
Sustained incremental increase
economic stability · sustainable growth · stable equilibrium · equilibrium · price stability
boom-bust cycleslinear growth
Increase at constant rate
organic growth · stagnation · plateau · steady-state · equilibrium
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