What Is a Business Cycle

Multiple Choice

What is a business cycle?

A) It is a firm's pattern of sales during a given year.
B) It is the economy's pattern of fluctuations in economic activity: expansion followed by contraction and then by another expansion.
C) It is the seasonal pattern of fluctuations in consumer spending: increased spending during the holiday season and decreased spending at other times of the year.
D) It refers to the peaks and troughs in the demand for luxury goods in a country.