# Boom-bust cycle

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## Definition

A period of excessive lending in one sector of the economy or in the economy as a whole is followed by abrupt, panic-like capital withdrawals. - See equity bubble, accelerator, financial, bear market, cyclical, crash, euphoria phase, gambling effect, high flyer, hindsight, myopia, short-selling ban, rally, risk perception, runup, rush to exit, sell out, speculative bubble, tulip crash, overexposure, exuberance, unreasonable, recovery. - Cf. ECB Monthly Bulletin, April 2005, pp. 62 f. (with references). Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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