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 * 1) Contraction is the phase of a business cycle that can lead our econmy to a recession
 * 2) interest rates can push a business cycle into a contraction by company's or business raising their prices to the point where no one will buy
 * 3) the stock market is considered to be a leading indicator of economic change because before a recession or any downfall in the stock market, the stock market falls before
 * 4) the great depression affected economist's beliefs about macroeconomy by pretty much saying the the economy can fall into a contradiction
 * 5) i would prefer to definetly be at the trough becuase well your still havent risked much but then again you have risked something, but its not as bad as being at the peak, which is nice but at any given point it could fall