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The business cycle affects output and employment in capital and durable goods industries more severely than in industries producing non-durable goods because, ______. Multiple choice question. during a boom, business investment in new capital goods and consumer spending on new durable goods decline sharply during a recession, business and consumer spending on nondurable goods decline sharply during a recession, business investment in new capital goods and consumer spending on new durable goods rise sharply during a recession, business investment in new capital goods and consumer spending on new durable goods can be postponed

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Answer:

During a recession business investment in new capital goods and consumer spending on new durable goods can be postponed

Step-by-step explanation:

The business cycle are simply cycles or series of cycles of economic expansion and contraction.

An Economic expansion is simply defined as an increase in the level of economic activity, goods and services available. It is a period of economic growth usually measured by a rise in real GDP.

Economic growth

Economic growth is an increase in the capacity of an economy to produce goods and services, usuallycompared from one period of time to another time.

The four phases of the business cycle are;

1. Peak

2.Recession

3. Trough

4. Expansion

The length of a complete cycle usually varies from 2-3 years to 15 years.

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