IN business cycle theory and finance, any economic quantity that is positively correlated with the overall state of the economy is said to be pro-cyclical. That is, any quantity that tends to increase when the overall economy is growing is classified as pro-cyclical.
Quantities that tend to increase when the overall economy is slowing down are classified as countercyclical.
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