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  1. Oct 3, 2024 · Potential Causes of the Business Cycle. In general, the business cycle is governed by aggregate demand (total spending) within the economy, but recessions can also be caused by sudden shocks to supply, which will impact both aggregate supply and aggregate demand.

  2. We study data from the labor market during recoveries from recessions, excluding the recov-ery from the pandemic recession of 2020. Our objective is to understand why the recovery phase of the US business cycle has invariably been slow but irresistible, a fact established in a companion paper, Hall and Kudlyak (2020a).

  3. May 31, 2022 · The economic recession triggered by COVID-19 caused a historically rapid and deep decline in economic activity and employment. This decline was caused by reductions in supply (production of goods and services) and demand (spending). R47115.

  4. economic activity may persist for some time, even if the pandemic subsides quickly, as declines in employment and income lead to further pullbacks in consumption and investment and a weakening in household, business, and financial institution balance sheets.

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  5. Nov 30, 2020 · In this Economic Letter, we assess the permanent and transitory effects of the GFC and the ensuing recession on output (GDP) in the United States. Transitory effects underlie the typical pattern where economic activity falls during recessions and rises during expansions.

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  6. Aug 23, 2021 · View full text | Download PDF. Prior to 2020, the Great Recession was the most important macroeconomic shock to the United States’ economy in generations. Millions lost jobs and homes. At its peak, one in ten workers who wanted ...

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  8. What Is a Recession? In the course of its studies of business cycles, the National Bureau of Economic Research has identified successive periods of business expansion and contraction in the United States and several other countries. Business cycle peak dates mark the end of a period of expansion and the beginning of a period of contraction ...