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Stagflation: high inflation, weak growth and the 1970s lesson What stagflation is, how the 1970s combined double-digit inflation with rising unemployment, why it is hard on stocks and bonds, and how to tell it apart from 2022. Intermediate 9 min read
The business cycle: expansions, peaks, recessions and troughs What the business cycle is, its four phases, how long US expansions and recessions have lasted since 1945, what tends to end them, and how unemployment tracks the cycle. Beginner 10 min read

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