cycle

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Over the last few years, the job market has weathered the most aggressive rate-hiking cycle in decades, a regional banking crisis and a tariff shock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The new findings, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, are based on observations of nearly half a million stars that have recently entered this "post-main sequence" phase of their life cycle.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

For investors, healthcare stocks are beneficiaries of a trend that doesn’t have much to do with the business cycle, that monetary policy can’t slow, and that demographics won’t reverse.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Tougher economic conditions have sharpened her worries about paying her bills when the campaign cycle is done.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The MAD principle argued that a first strike against the enemy would almost certainly fail to destroy its entire nuclear arsenal and would lead to an immediate cycle of retaliation.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau