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The Business Cycle

Which phase of the business cycle is typically characterized by declining corporate profits, rising unemployment, tightening credit conditions, and falling consumer confidence?

  1. Expansion
  2. Peak
  3. Contraction
  4. Trough
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C is the answer.

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