University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Principles of Macroeconomics: Business Cycles, Aggregate Demand and Supply
A comprehensive look at the way aggregate demand and supply affect the business cycle. Information used is current to 2003. From the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado.
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U.s. Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions
Detailed chart showing the number and duration of the business cycle in the United States, from 1854 to the present.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Business Cycles
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms, concepts, and graphs related to the business cycle. Topics include the four phases of the business cycle and the relationship between key macroeconomic indicators at...
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Real Business Cycles: A Legacy of Countercyclical Policies
This article explores the relationship of a real business cycle theory to existing and prospective countercyclical policies. (Published March 1, 1999)
Council for Economic Education
Econedlink: Business Cycles
This video teaches the concept of Business Cycles. The pattern in which economies have periods of recession and then also periods of economic expansion or recovery is known as the business cycle.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Business Cycles
Practice what you've learned about the business cycle, and how different phases of it relate to GDP and the unemployment rate, in this four-question exercise.
Auburn University
Auburn University: A Glossary of Political Economy Terms: Business Cycle
As part of a glossary of economic terms, business cycles are explained. Gives an explanation of what a business cycle is, what causes them, John Maynard Keynes's explanation of the business cycle, and other theorists' views of business...
University of Oxford (UK)
American National Biography Online: Depressions, Economic
Depressions are sustained troughs in the business cycle characterized by declines in output, employment, income, and trade. While they date from the earliest years of American history, little is known about them from the Colonial Era....
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Causes Economic Bubbles?
During the 1600's, the exotic tulip became a nationwide sensation; some single bulbs even sold for ten times the yearly salary of a skilled craftsman. Suddenly, though, the demand completely plummeted, leaving the tulip market in a...
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Gartner: 6 Trends on the Gartner Hype Cycle for the Digital Workplace, 2020
The need to improve the digital resiliency of the workforce during and after the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically accelerated trends in digital workplace technology. Read about the significant ways the pandemic is changing the world of...
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences: Pot Biz
Learn how to be a successful innovator as you try to turn an idea for a decomposing plant pot into a profitable business. It won't be easy; being an innovator never is. In this interactive game, the decisions you make could lead to fame...
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City of Vancouver: Engineering Services: Traffic and Transportation Plan
The City of Vancouver's transportation plans can be found here. These involve cycling, public transit, pedestrian traffic, traffic management, etc.
Curated OER
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A report from the National Bureau of Economic Research on recent trends in business cycles and characteristics which tend to show signs of future economic development. a question and answer session is also provided at the end of the report.
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A report from the National Bureau of Economic Research on recent trends in business cycles and characteristics which tend to show signs of future economic development. a question and answer session is also provided at the end of the report.
Curated OER
Figure 3
A report from the National Bureau of Economic Research on recent trends in business cycles and characteristics which tend to show signs of future economic development. a question and answer session is also provided at the end of the report.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Tracking Real Gdp Over Time
Read about fluctuations in Gross National Product (GDP) from year to year.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Unemployment
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations used in measuring unemployment, the labor force, the unemployment rate, the labor force participation rate, and the natural rate of unemployment. Topics...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Real vs. Nominal Gdp
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations used in calculating real and nominal GDP. Topics include the distinction between real and nominal GDP and how to calculate and use the GDP deflator. This...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Price Indices and Inflation
In this lesson plan summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations used in measuring inflation. Topics include the consumer price index (CPI), calculating the rate of inflation, the distinction between inflation,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Limitations of Gdp
In this instructional activity summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and concepts about the limitations of GDP. This resource is designed as a review for the AP Macroeconomics Test or a college-level macroeconomics course.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Costs of Inflation
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations used in describing the costs of inflation. This resource is designed as a review for the AP Macroeconomics Test or a college-level macroeconomics course.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Circular Flow and Gdp
In this lesson plan summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations used in describing the output of an economy. Key topics include the expenditures approach, income approach, and value added approach to calculating...
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Write Now: Write Now How Can Nitrogen Affect My Business?
Students are asked to conduct online research in order to write an informative article about the development of algae blooms in Maryland's Deep Creek Lake.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 3: Money in Our Community
Lesson focuses on how and why money circulated within our community. Being able to discern the difference between things we need and things we want is one of the foundational concepts for using money wisely. Goods and services are things...