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In economics, a trough is a low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle. The time evolution of many economics variables exhibits a wave-like behavior with local maxima (peaks) followed by local minima (troughs). A business cycle may be defined as the period between two consecutive peaks. [1] [2]
Trough (barony), a historical barony in County Monaghan, Ireland; Trough (food) or manger, a container for animal feed; Watering trough, a receptacle of drinking water for domestic and non-domestic livestock; Water trough, a trough used to supply water to steam locomotives. Battle of the Trough, a 1756 skirmish of the French and Indian War in ...
cough, Gough, trough Rhymes with off, scoff. Trough is pronounced / t r ɔː θ / (troth) by some speakers of American English, and a baker's trough is also pronounced / t r oʊ / in that variety. [2] / aʊ / bough, clough, doughty, drought, plough, slough (see below), Slough, sough Rhymes with cow, how. Clough and sough are also pronounced ...
A watering trough on a stock route, Australia A Bills horse trough in Sebastian, Victoria, Australia Sheep watering trough, Idaho, 1930s. A watering trough (or artificial watering point) is a man-made or natural receptacle intended to provide drinking water to animals, livestock on farms or ranches or wild animals.
A lee trough, also known as a dynamic trough, is "A pressure trough formed on the lee side of a mountain range in situations where the wind is blowing with a substantial component across the mountain ridge; often seen on United States weather maps east of the Rocky Mountains, and sometimes east of the Appalachians, where it is less pronounced."
A trough is the opposite of a crest, so the minimum or lowest point of the wave. When the crests and troughs of two sine waves of equal amplitude and frequency intersect or collide, while being in phase with each other, the result is called constructive interference and the magnitudes double (above and below the line).
In 2020, Donald Trump pardoned cybersecurity executive Chris Wade for crimes that had been sealed. Unsealed documents show he was part of a sophisticated spam email operation busted by an informant.
In the United States, it is generally accepted that the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is the final arbiter of the dates of the peaks and troughs of the business cycle. An expansion is the period from a trough to a peak and a recession as the period from a peak to a trough.