The Business Cycle Boom, Bust, Recovery

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Three questions order the four phases of the business cycle, weigh how much longer a typical U.S. growth stretch runs than a downturn since 1945, and identify what the April 2020 NBER trough date represents. All four phases need naming in order, with one fact about each.

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