The economic cycles in the US have been fluctuating in the recent decade, and the following are cycles of interest to analyse: the 15-25 years for Kuznets house building cycle; 7-11 year cycle for Juglar business investment cycle; the 3-5 year cycle for Kitchin stock building cycle and the 50-60 year Kondratieff credit wave. The complete economic cycles involve expansion, contraction, and depression and recovery periods.
The Kondratieff has the longest economic wave that takes a period of 50-year to undergo a complete cycle. The company business cycle is mostly characterized by the four seasons that is: spring, summer, autumn and winter. During spring the Kondratieff is always in the recovery session, summer represents the organisation peak period, credit boom, and winter characterizes autumn brings the recession period that ends up into a depression. As at February 2016, the Kondratieff economic cycle is nearing the end of the contraction ("Kondratieff Waves and the Greater Depression of 2013").
The kitchen cycle went into a depression in 2012, and it has a 3-5 year business cycle. Therefore, as at February 2016, Kitchin is at the start of the contraction period. However, the Kitchin and the Juglar economic cycle have been coinciding, and recession happens at the same time. Kitchin began to experience economic weaknesses at the beginning of 2015 ("Cycle analysis suggests 2016-17 United States recession risk - Journal - Money Moves Markets").
Since Juglar and Kitchin's economic cycle are identical to one another means that Juglar is facing the same situation as Kitchin. However, the business cycle is not identical this time and as at February 2016, Juglar is starting into the recovery of the expansion period that has been influenced by the low cost of fuel.
The 15-25 years for Kuznets house building cycle are nearing the end of the expansion period, and it is predicted that it will experience contraction up to 2024.
Work cited
"Cycle Analysis Suggests 2016-17 US Recession risk - Journal - Money Moves Markets." Cycle Analysis Suggests 2016-17 US Recession risk - Journal - Money Moves Markets. Web. 29 Feb. 2016. <http://moneymovesmarkets.com/journal/2014/8/7/cycle-analysis-suggests-2016-17- us-recession-risk.html>
"Kondratieff Waves and the Great Depression of 2013 - 2020." Kondratieff Waves and the Great Depression of 2013. Web. 29 Feb. 2016.
