Expansion would be when we open, we open at 11 am in the morning. This is when we set everything up and customers start to walk in.
I am the owner of a pizza buffet known as CiCi's Pizza, and I will tell you about our business cycle.
Peak
Our rush hour would be the peak of the day, This is usually at 2-3 pm.
At the peak we receive the most customers and our sales go up. We make most of our profit during these hours.
Contraction
At 5 pm customers start to leave and fewer come in. Our sales start to decrease from their peak
This would be our contraction.
spending and production increase and unemployment rates decrease
Trough
At 7pm is our trough, we have the least amount of customers and our profits are at their lowest point.
period of highest economic activity
Recession
Our recession is at 8pm, we see an increase in customers from the trough, but not as many customers as before.
period of decreasing economic activity GDP decreases, unemployment increases
Depression
Depression for us would be around 10 pm to 10:30 pm; Usually people stop coming in and we start to clean up. Our profits are at their lowest point or zero.
period of lowest economic activity
during a recession, plans for new projects decrease, prices increase and unemployment rates increase
phase of the business cycle characterized by drastic unemployment increases and severe decreases in economic activity for long periods of time
Now that i have explained to you how our business cycle, I hope this information will be useful for you.