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How do you know whether a business or project is likely to make ... or the testing of an existing theory, and applied, or the use of collected data to develop new hypotheses.

Investopedia / Mira Norian An economic cycle, also known as a business cycle, refers to economic fluctuations between periods of expansion and contraction. Factors such as gross domestic product ...