Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT) provides a framework for understanding economic fluctuations, particularly how monetary policy and interest rates influence investment and capital valuation. This ...

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Business cycles fluctuate through four stages: recession, recovery, growth and decline. They occur randomly and at times unexpectedly with varying duration. Some have lasted as short as two years and ...

Housing construction, measured by housing starts, leads GDP in a number of countries. Measured as residential investment, the lead is observed only in the United States and Canada; elsewhere, ...