Discover leading, coincident, and lagging business cycle indicators to predict economic trends, using insights from the Conference Board.

In the past five years, India has seen distinct business cycles — a -5.8 per cent GDP contraction in FY21, a strong 9.2 per cent rebound in FY22–FY23, and a moderation to about 6.5 per cent in FY25.

Consumer spending is a coincident-to-lagging indicator, not a leading one, so it’s a poor tool for forecasting the business cycle. Durable goods consumption is the most cyclical and informative ...

Understanding the economy requires recognizing the predictable sequence of the Business Cycle, which is critical for long-term investment strategies. The EPB Four Economy Framework segments the ...

April 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Yale University economist William D. Nordhaus’s “The Political Business Cycle” (April 1975) in The Review of Economic Studies. This ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Embattled lithium-ion battery recycler Li-Cycle announced it is up for sale. The company said it may face bankruptcy if a buyer is not found. Li-Cycle has been struggling to pay off ...

The political polarization of battery-powered cars may have started when Toyota released its first hybrid model 25 years ago. By Lawrence Ulrich Gross domestic product grew at a 4.3 percent annual ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (NYSE:LICY) (“Li-Cycle” or the “Company”), a leading global lithium-ion battery resource recovery company, today announced that its common shares have ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (NYSE: LICY) (“Li-Cycle” or the “Company”), a leading global lithium-ion battery resource recovery company, today announced the closing of its ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known for less ...

LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Whatever 2025 holds for world markets, talk of an end to business cycle investing eerily reflects past periods of hubris and makes all the persistent bullishness seem ...

BlackRock has said the global economy has exited the cycle of 'boom and bust' due to a fundamental shift driven by the emergence of "mega forces" including artificial intelligence technologies. In its ...