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Here we're identifying different parts of the business cycle.
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Starting with part a, we have our high point.
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And that's going to exist, which makes sense graphically at these high points of this line.
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This line right here being our cycle that we're working with.
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This is the business cycle.
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And the straight line, white line that we have going through it, this is our steady growth line.
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So what that tells us is just if the economy were to grow at a steady rate, it would look just like that straight line.
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Just a horizontal line with the same slope.
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At this point, we're looking at the high points, because we know the business cycle doesn't occur as steady growth.
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We see ups and downs, ebbs and flows, right? so at this high point here, we have the peak.
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That's when the economy is doing really, really well.
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Part b, we get to this low point, which is going to exist graphically at the bottom.
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And this here is called the trough.
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Now, this is the opposite of the peak.
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This is when the economy is doing as poorly as it could be doing.
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Part c here...