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The Business cycle  

Globally and locally we seem to be getting out of the woods. The economy is looking up. So what cycles does the economy go through, there are five stages;

The past few years’ happenings have been a story not many of us in our generation will forget. Is US out of the woods as yet or is it still in the quick sand. The year 2009 has seen recovery and there is light at the end of the tunnel, the recovery may appear to be happening faster than it had been anticipated. But is what seems to be happening real or long lasting to the US economy.
The United States saw a net capital outflow of $13.9 billion in October after inflows of a revised $127.6 billion the previous month, according to U.S. Treasury Department.

The Government securities market posted good performance  during the Treasury bills auctions of this week. The 364-day  Treasury bills auction posted a performance  rate of 135.1 percent while the 182-day  Treasury bills auction posted  a performance  rate of 146.0  percent.   The average
182-day Treasury bill rate declined by 43.2 basis points to 7.511 percent while that of the 364-day  Treasury bills declined by 43.0 basis points to
8.008