work in reverse though, right? So if you have less income, then you have less consumption, you have less production, then you need fewer employees, and that feeds through again to lower income. So the economy is always cycling upwards or cycling downwards. And the combination of those four corners is what defines the cyclical trend. It's important to look at all four corners of the economy because when you look at something like GDP, for example, or real GDP, it's not entirely comprehensive. It's what we use to define the business cycle broadly. But GDP doesn't take into consideration the income side of the equation. For that, we use GDI or Gross Domestic Income. It doesn't really take into consideration employment. And these are all different corners that really influence the way that the economy is cycling. The way that the economy is cycling. So it's important to look at all four corners and the comprehensive movement in which that these indicators are cycling. So you look at things (17/57)
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