----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- I have seen it claimed that Wesley Mitchell's 1913 book _Business Cycles_ introduced the term "Business Cycle" to the literature. As opposed, I assume, to terms such as "Trade Cycle." Whether or not Mitchell was the coiner of the term, his use of "Business Cycle" was not an accident, but was related to his view of cycles as a phenomenon that arises only within a developed pecuniary or business set of institutions. Can anyone tell me of earlier uses of the term "Business Cycle"? Malcolm Rutherford University of Victoria ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]