A trough, in economic terms, can refer to a stage in the business cycle where activity is bottoming, or where prices are bottoming, before a rise.

Using the US stock market as a guide suggests that business cycle conditions remain strong in terms of the recovery since the current economic expansion began in May 2020. The recovery in nonfarm ...

One reason for the difficulty in forecasting economic events is that predictions must be based largely on statistics that are often both old and incomplete. Last week the Commerce Department sought to ...

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 19 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand was slightly weaker in early trade on Tuesday, ahead of a leading business cycle indicator release that is likely to provide clues about the ...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The South African rand softened on Tuesday after the release of a local leading business cycle indicator. At 1501 GMT the rand traded at 17.6575 against the dollar , ...