Possible Clues:

• Like an extreme economy (... first 3 letters + the last 2)
• “B” term meaning “a setup with an out-of-sight microphone”?
• Having 'very good' and 'very bad' as the two possible outcomes
• Like some risky propositions
• Word that can complete ___ER
• Business cycle description
• Like the 1920s-'30s, economically
• Economic-cycle extremes
• Like a volatile economy
• Stark economic choice