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Data on U.S. recessions, past to present. Data include information on contraction, expansion, and cycle.

Usage

recessions

Format

A data frame with 35 observations on the following 8 variables.

peak

the year-month of the peak, as a date

trough

the year-month of the trough, as a date

peakq

the peak quarter

troughq

the trough quarter

p2t

peak to trough (in months)

prev_t2p

previous trough to this peak (in months)

tfpt

trough from previous trough (in months)

pfpp

peak from previous peak (in months)

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)