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Definition
Movement in a direction opposite to that of a normal, or current, cycle or trend. Demand for staple food items, for example, is normally counter-cyclical to the overall economic cycle: it falls during times of general prosperity (more people eat out) and rises during economic contraction (more people eat at home).
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counter-cyclical is in the Commodities & Precious Metals Trading, Economics, Politics, & Society and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
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