Interest Rates And Business Cycles

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Examines the role of interest rates within business cycles. Centers on U.S. business environment. History of business cycles; lack of uniformity. Use of business cycles & practice of economic forecasting. Usefulnes of business cycles to companies. Analyzing economic measures & indicators. Fluctation of interest rates. Federal Funds Rate. 2 Charts.

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"Introduction
Business cycles have long been an area of interest because of the criticality of economic trends for the social and political welfare of the country. Numerous public and private organizations are devoted to the production of regular economic forecasts, and heavily funded research projects seek more accurate and reliable models on which to base these forecasts. While much attention is focused on the area of economic forecasting, and numerous computerized models have been developed to predict economic performance, there is also considerable interest in the role of interest rates within the business cycle. This research examines the business cycle and the role of interest rates within cycles.

Background
Until the 1970s, it ..."

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