In economics, the term pork cycle, hog cycle, or cattle cycle describes the phenomenon of cyclical fluctuations of supply and prices in livestock markets. It was first observed in pig markets in the US by Mordecai Ezekiel and in Europe by the German scholar Arthur Hanau.
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