Title: Understanding the Business Cycle: A Briefing Note for the General Public Introduction: The business cycle is a term used to describe the fluctuations in economic activity over a period of time. It is characterized by alternating periods of expansion and contraction

•Assume that you are a professional
economist who has been tasked by their line manager with preparing ONE briefing
note on a key macroeconomic concept that will
be made available to the general
public on the organisation’s website.
•Your line manager has given you a choice
of the following TWO concepts from which you are to choose ONE.
·The
business cycle
·Long-term
economic growth and development
•They have requested that your briefing note on your chosen concept
should include at least ONE data chart drawing on data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), IMF
World Economic Outlook Database,
or AMECO
database (European Commission).
The briefing can be any length up to 700
words (+10%), excluding citations and references. 
Please include references.