The following graph approximates business cycles in the United States from the first quarter of 1955 to the third quarter of 1959. The vertical blue bar coincides with a period of six or more months of declining real gross domestic product (real GDP).
Notice that real GDP trends upward over time but experiences ups and downs in the short run. A period of increasing real GDP is known as a __________ (options: bust, business cycle, boom).
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