expansion to contraction
Explanation:
The peak in a business cycle is marked by super-heated business sentiments, growth in business and increased production and hence enhanced profits. However, the transition to peak cycle is marked by a continuous phase of declining production capacity, depreciating profits and contraction of the business process.
Peak, contraction, slowdown, recovery is the phases of the cyclical business process. Peak gives way for contraction which eventually leads to slowdown. After a brief period of lull, the business recovers and again it ascends its peak and the cycle continues.
