Cycle
1. Economics.
An economy-wide fluctuation in economic activity over several months or years, that is expected to reverse over time.
The timing and degree of future changes in the trend are usually highly variable, and cannot normally be forecast with any high degree of confidence.
2. Economics - sectors - regions.
Similar fluctuations within particular business sectors, geographical regions or both.
For example, a business cycle.
3. Products and services - phases of development.
A pattern of development and change over time, for example a product life cycle.
4. Cash management - liquidity.
A measure and analysis tool for the liquidity needs of a business, linked with its operating activities and trade credit periods both given and taken.
For example, a working capital cycle.
See also
- Boom and bust
- Business cycle
- Cash conversion cycle
- Cash management
- Countercyclical
- Credit
- Cyclical
- Cyclical risk
- Cyclically Adjusted Price to Earnings ratio
- Equilibrium unemployment
- Herd behaviour
- Life cycle
- Liquidity
- Operating cycle
- Order to cash cycle
- Procure to pay cycle
- Procyclical
- Procyclical risk
- Procyclicality
- Product
- Product life cycle
- Purchase to pay cycle
- Recession
- Recovery
- Seasonal
- Seasonal risk
- Sector
- Service
- Structural
- Trade credit
- Trend
- Trend analysis
- Working capital cycle
