Table Data - Brave-Butters-Kelley Cycle: Leading Subcomponent of GDP

Title Brave-Butters-Kelley Cycle: Leading Subcomponent of GDP
Series ID BBKQCLE
Source Indiana University: Indiana Business Research Center
Release Brave-Butters-Kelley Indexes
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period
Date Range 1960-01-01 to 2026-07-01
Last Updated 2026-11-02 7:33 AM CST
Notes The Brave-Butters-Kelley Indexes (BBKI) are the byproduct of research originally conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Currently, the BBKI are maintained and produced by the Indiana Business Research Center at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. The BBK Coincident and Leading Indexes and Monthly GDP Growth for the U.S. are constructed from a collapsed dynamic factor analysis of a panel of 490 monthly measures of real economic activity and quarterly real GDP growth.

The leading subcomponent of the cycle is expressed in annualized real GDP growth equivalent units. The cycle component is the sum of the leading and lagging subcomponents.

This quarterly series is aggregated from the monthly version of the series (BBKMCLE), using the triangle average described in Brave, Butters, and Kelley (2019) to approximate quarterly annualized (log) percent changes from the monthly series.

For more details, see also:
Brave, Scott A., Ross Cole, and David Kelley, 2019, A 'big data' view of the U.S. economy: Introducing the Brave-Butters-Kelley Indexes, Chicago Fed Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, No. 422. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.21033/cfl-2019-422
Brave, Scott A., R. Andrew Butters, and David Kelley, 2019, A new 'big data' index of U.S. economic activity, Economic Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Vol. 43, No. 1. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.21033/ep-2019-1
DATE VALUE
1960-01-01 0.7395979363
1960-04-01 1.5943930338
1960-07-01 1.0752035790
1960-10-01 0.6708651878
1961-01-01 0.5940599747
1961-04-01 -0.0727265806
1961-07-01 -0.5624931583
1961-10-01 -0.0299378548
1962-01-01 0.3213123715
1962-04-01 0.6079914312
1962-07-01 0.4641109249
1962-10-01 0.2282377047
1963-01-01 0.0101428136
1963-04-01 0.1624008221
1963-07-01 0.4642309005
1963-10-01 0.4441479842
1964-01-01 0.6117228913
1964-04-01 0.6445131806
1964-07-01 0.3638968628
1964-10-01 -0.0475345973
1965-01-01 0.2293108121
1965-04-01 0.8185851117
1965-07-01 1.3636831682
1965-10-01 1.3570471509
1966-01-01 0.2532532024
1966-04-01 -0.0929068419
1966-07-01 0.1522545748
1966-10-01 0.8756381595
1967-01-01 1.6812935840
1967-04-01 1.5204677787
1967-07-01 0.9178111955
1967-10-01 0.4740241505
1968-01-01 0.9878868498
1968-04-01 1.1925030026
1968-07-01 0.8108721331
1968-10-01 0.2523676722
1969-01-01 0.2598355535
1969-04-01 -0.0626749188
1969-07-01 -0.1917580541
1969-10-01 0.0038307630
1970-01-01 0.3367622431
1970-04-01 0.6410607847
1970-07-01 0.9930535452
1970-10-01 0.8743812412
1971-01-01 0.7817049812
1971-04-01 0.5280583480
1971-07-01 0.1100086039
1971-10-01 -0.0006912945
1972-01-01 0.5569571945
1972-04-01 0.5278480811
1972-07-01 0.2068350277
1972-10-01 -0.1518553112
1973-01-01 -0.6747710496
1973-04-01 -1.2464738259
1973-07-01 -1.7085840651
1973-10-01 -2.1815937516
1974-01-01 -1.9769543546
1974-04-01 -1.0018130858
1974-07-01 -0.5303717859
1974-10-01 0.4808485828
1975-01-01 1.8100897433
1975-04-01 1.4030205854
1975-07-01 0.1834002419
1975-10-01 -0.1189569699
1976-01-01 0.0409867161
1976-04-01 -0.0569757655
1976-07-01 -0.0604655710
1976-10-01 0.0234182377
1977-01-01 -0.3198678588
1977-04-01 -0.0798158252
1977-07-01 0.2437611473
1977-10-01 0.0989089898
1978-01-01 0.2967850100
1978-04-01 0.6497289345
1978-07-01 -0.0978797827
1978-10-01 -0.6730163234
1979-01-01 -1.2885579927
1979-04-01 -1.5269757345
1979-07-01 -1.0603903337
1979-10-01 -1.2835743502
1980-01-01 -1.6025371967
1980-04-01 -0.7376442090
1980-07-01 0.2934840065
1980-10-01 -0.4532042718
1981-01-01 -0.3833574022
1981-04-01 -0.5818697126
1981-07-01 -0.4575882191
1981-10-01 0.1945410600
1982-01-01 0.5706677621
1982-04-01 0.4239217182
1982-07-01 0.7711925387
1982-10-01 1.3816408213
1983-01-01 0.7143818671
1983-04-01 0.1704573001
1983-07-01 -0.1532755737
1983-10-01 -0.2151804852
1984-01-01 0.0702449636
1984-04-01 0.5307753897
1984-07-01 0.4725337635
1984-10-01 0.5948775696
1985-01-01 0.7210754771
1985-04-01 0.7368341534
1985-07-01 0.8689298196
1985-10-01 0.3898845932
1986-01-01 0.4367319486
1986-04-01 0.3931867817
1986-07-01 -0.1700859300
1986-10-01 -0.4628490322
1987-01-01 -0.8880753491
1987-04-01 -0.8861740992
1987-07-01 -0.8212307918
1987-10-01 -0.7023942074
1988-01-01 -0.3897204903
1988-04-01 -0.3394268027
1988-07-01 -0.3273941035
1988-10-01 -0.1587511977
1989-01-01 -0.2412091072
1989-04-01 -0.1332760038
1989-07-01 0.4354397957
1989-10-01 0.0086699911
1990-01-01 -0.6202404999
1990-04-01 -1.0268938207
1990-07-01 -1.4889930212
1990-10-01 -1.3542465150
1991-01-01 -0.2202585831
1991-04-01 -0.0596868553
1991-07-01 -0.8474479008
1991-10-01 -0.7043761930
1992-01-01 -0.1141116943
1992-04-01 -0.3337403316
1992-07-01 -0.3962207546
1992-10-01 -0.3624896643
1993-01-01 -0.7721230988
1993-04-01 -0.4451849543
1993-07-01 0.0849813142
1993-10-01 0.0988622958
1994-01-01 -0.3150270455
1994-04-01 -0.8648572842
1994-07-01 -1.0947302750
1994-10-01 -1.0379909474
1995-01-01 -0.9765993477
1995-04-01 -0.3102070677
1995-07-01 0.1841008758
1995-10-01 0.1027260405
1996-01-01 0.1995328514
1996-04-01 0.1402232269
1996-07-01 -0.1107992587
1996-10-01 -0.2446965868
1997-01-01 -0.1166389626
1997-04-01 0.2700186885
1997-07-01 0.4781580853
1997-10-01 0.4214663297
1998-01-01 0.7797674055
1998-04-01 1.0947460110
1998-07-01 0.9874730638
1998-10-01 0.8477846840
1999-01-01 0.4378532103
1999-04-01 0.1057548092
1999-07-01 0.0455615839
1999-10-01 0.0103483238
2000-01-01 -0.0060662379
2000-04-01 -0.0619480575
2000-07-01 0.0900661611
2000-10-01 0.2896026155
2001-01-01 0.4472557779
2001-04-01 0.9433998244
2001-07-01 0.9309719052
2001-10-01 1.1719753040
2002-01-01 0.9719640249
2002-04-01 -0.0739813213
2002-07-01 -0.1329930884
2002-10-01 0.0903978776
2003-01-01 0.0320396725
2003-04-01 0.6478934757
2003-07-01 0.5884308652
2003-10-01 -0.1565183326
2004-01-01 -0.8405918781
2004-04-01 -1.0098679011
2004-07-01 -0.8719587349
2004-10-01 -0.7337310849
2005-01-01 -0.7667475210
2005-04-01 -0.5965249824
2005-07-01 -0.7416097862
2005-10-01 -0.8462080519
2006-01-01 -0.3403179838
2006-04-01 -0.8844890418
2006-07-01 -0.7892424390
2006-10-01 0.1411999050
2007-01-01 -0.2504594548
2007-04-01 -0.8460547198
2007-07-01 -0.8892439832
2007-10-01 -0.8505260450
2008-01-01 -0.3508319481
2008-04-01 0.0179001709
2008-07-01 0.2755148318
2008-10-01 1.5340792689
2009-01-01 1.7369315702
2009-04-01 1.0983741064
2009-07-01 0.1133433286
2009-10-01 -0.5501340225
2010-01-01 -0.6288976171
2010-04-01 -0.5177791533
2010-07-01 -0.7064920415
2010-10-01 -0.9679192559
2011-01-01 -1.5936463007
2011-04-01 -1.2884686259
2011-07-01 -0.7579638379
2011-10-01 -0.2709631389
2012-01-01 -0.0386989883
2012-04-01 -0.1266488847
2012-07-01 -0.0586361349
2012-10-01 -0.0528666700
2013-01-01 -0.1005851694
2013-04-01 0.0928707681
2013-07-01 -0.0344258901
2013-10-01 -0.3435844683
2014-01-01 -0.5032159004
2014-04-01 -0.1065560302
2014-07-01 0.3004336235
2014-10-01 0.5577314559
2015-01-01 0.5559946575
2015-04-01 0.3527299013
2015-07-01 0.3987023542
2015-10-01 0.5304481586
2016-01-01 0.5603829954
2016-04-01 0.3860463499
2016-07-01 0.3578474888
2016-10-01 0.0561145306
2017-01-01 -0.2143623303
2017-04-01 -0.2840029116
2017-07-01 -0.5483636054
2017-10-01 -0.7715311100
2018-01-01 -1.0792720509
2018-04-01 -1.0930859817
2018-07-01 -0.9315556100
2018-10-01 -0.4834984271
2019-01-01 0.3760177602
2019-04-01 0.9933558886
2019-07-01 1.0228781029
2019-10-01 0.1503480726
2020-01-01 -2.2875042565
2020-04-01 -3.2185810129
2020-07-01 1.8420356789
2020-10-01 1.3946315805
2021-01-01 0.1865055684
2021-04-01 -0.2247386122
2021-07-01 -0.7103975362
2021-10-01 -1.0294200201
2022-01-01 -1.5592442003
2022-04-01 -1.4282536133
2022-07-01 -0.6320565915
2022-10-01 0.2702520003
2023-01-01 1.2175026726
2023-04-01 1.4555294545
2023-07-01 1.1329250673
2023-10-01 1.0785688813
2024-01-01 1.2780418449
2024-04-01 1.0728849539
2024-07-01 1.0701154393
2024-10-01 0.8230397999
2025-01-01 0.2328292328
2025-04-01 0.4796669652
2025-07-01 0.6491319214
2025-10-01 -0.0268579076
2026-01-01 -0.8383702069
2026-04-01 -1.0292971903
2026-07-01 -0.7041714632

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