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.

Rod Sutton, Editor in Chief, ASBPE Regional Award Winner If our readers are correct, construction may now be coming out of the latest economic cycle. Our survey of equipment-owning Giants reflects ...

The economy has finally digested the enormous surge of retail sales from May 2020 through April 2021, setting the stage for continued economic expansion and bull market. The retail surge helped push ...

Explore how long typical boom and bust cycles last, their impact, and economic trends in U.S. business cycles.