

Research
BPEA | 1976 No. 21976, No. 2
THE RECENT problems of inflation and of a seemingly permanent high rate
of unemploymenth ave caused a virtual neglect of research on cyclical
fluctuations in demand. Yet even a cursory review of the past twenty years
uncovers a familiar pattern of repeated expansion and contraction of industrial
production with concomitant changes in employment, capacity
utilization, profits, and the like.