Federal Reserve Economic Data

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 2025-07-01
Last Updated 2026-01-05 7:32 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 0.7098981667863395000
1960-04-01 1.4485885889292884000
1960-07-01 1.0103541950789927000
1960-10-01 0.6356353506366395000
1961-01-01 0.5150483640298386000
1961-04-01 -0.0910269753329982500
1961-07-01 -0.5148045313038795000
1961-10-01 -0.0482393907885672600
1962-01-01 0.2856435011992120000
1962-04-01 0.5428109115110351000
1962-07-01 0.4192120920252070000
1962-10-01 0.1991448668230659500
1963-01-01 0.0041687861680535735
1963-04-01 0.1316728937607280800
1963-07-01 0.4007289378547691000
1963-10-01 0.4079947049712824000
1964-01-01 0.5592634815470904000
1964-04-01 0.5831160955619963000
1964-07-01 0.3342073789947273600
1964-10-01 -0.0120907008675552930
1965-01-01 0.2409662462065376000
1965-04-01 0.7828966437133887000
1965-07-01 1.2762853733736514000
1965-10-01 1.2589251537059243000
1966-01-01 0.3088351294054071000
1966-04-01 0.0052297650859095355
1966-07-01 0.2366857261645070300
1966-10-01 0.8936987423055723000
1967-01-01 1.5880234863322553000
1967-04-01 1.4396778521764417000
1967-07-01 0.9000145188808691000
1967-10-01 0.5086843542113879000
1968-01-01 0.9364347288897560000
1968-04-01 1.1159635572539925000
1968-07-01 0.7707382605993961000
1968-10-01 0.2712862280207789500
1969-01-01 0.2544920163321215000
1969-04-01 -0.0385269917030437240
1969-07-01 -0.1567667007256680000
1969-10-01 0.0128387913423957800
1970-01-01 0.3136646606956733400
1970-04-01 0.5929977908526266000
1970-07-01 0.8993555776437456000
1970-10-01 0.8022981876346474000
1971-01-01 0.7144212524966305000
1971-04-01 0.4813836665741873000
1971-07-01 0.1170954682289894300
1971-10-01 0.0235534635858344700
1972-01-01 0.4940113487562674500
1972-04-01 0.4751520105564455700
1972-07-01 0.1790959663069201500
1972-10-01 -0.1651784765183198800
1973-01-01 -0.6587801815918807000
1973-04-01 -1.1965318708861599000
1973-07-01 -1.6357161406929717000
1973-10-01 -2.0483556167187422000
1974-01-01 -1.8468698228012900000
1974-04-01 -0.9601764393357304000
1974-07-01 -0.4685102702280732000
1974-10-01 0.4722120709560473000
1975-01-01 1.6287997793058167000
1975-04-01 1.2759987213318720000
1975-07-01 0.1958020012009277000
1975-10-01 -0.1099397739213073300
1976-01-01 0.0101483792040438600
1976-04-01 -0.0674560272116562100
1976-07-01 -0.0697188050385593000
1976-10-01 -0.0074515268682841440
1977-01-01 -0.2962022244715762400
1977-04-01 -0.0857543686046391400
1977-07-01 0.2060024156791098200
1977-10-01 0.1002213898962033000
1978-01-01 0.2771390585337248000
1978-04-01 0.5609213670923957000
1978-07-01 -0.1039725194370916400
1978-10-01 -0.6519059936374777000
1979-01-01 -1.2214329930834122000
1979-04-01 -1.4527315144846369000
1979-07-01 -1.0654090465786235000
1979-10-01 -1.2453205707068091000
1980-01-01 -1.4869638010769737000
1980-04-01 -0.7179156377483376000
1980-07-01 0.1560499117362981200
1980-10-01 -0.4458372458418550000
1981-01-01 -0.3890151049842806600
1981-04-01 -0.5416828369593518000
1981-07-01 -0.4083273237274199000
1981-10-01 0.1758458894719964200
1982-01-01 0.5171572532981065000
1982-04-01 0.4122356100456425000
1982-07-01 0.7164650527327987000
1982-10-01 1.2196933189201502000
1983-01-01 0.6346872962596666000
1983-04-01 0.1379123544497040000
1983-07-01 -0.1501404359109080000
1983-10-01 -0.1957417800982342900
1984-01-01 0.0697547316732509700
1984-04-01 0.4898950133371646000
1984-07-01 0.4653052710032095600
1984-10-01 0.5708636857919750000
1985-01-01 0.6748131443787146000
1985-04-01 0.6952196420686866000
1985-07-01 0.7936051498712259000
1985-10-01 0.3787334682848323000
1986-01-01 0.3932306537052686000
1986-04-01 0.3225364552949666000
1986-07-01 -0.1850056786160754500
1986-10-01 -0.4764158518361224500
1987-01-01 -0.8604713364941556000
1987-04-01 -0.8699244897265548000
1987-07-01 -0.8097677775491599000
1987-10-01 -0.6880628501411984000
1988-01-01 -0.4122151987443204000
1988-04-01 -0.3577439130721742400
1988-07-01 -0.3342629457054391000
1988-10-01 -0.1796367697920674700
1989-01-01 -0.2284668856840907400
1989-04-01 -0.1174792596427615100
1989-07-01 0.3533070084030218700
1989-10-01 -0.0291612052626699130
1990-01-01 -0.6116140666928377000
1990-04-01 -1.0064042476176100000
1990-07-01 -1.4128603827655966000
1990-10-01 -1.2793358581215082000
1991-01-01 -0.3031422500768418000
1991-04-01 -0.1549095588728210400
1991-07-01 -0.8122320813586122000
1991-10-01 -0.6860370768952191000
1992-01-01 -0.1869535806755932600
1992-04-01 -0.3627408865828428700
1992-07-01 -0.4149986959100687700
1992-10-01 -0.3927746794540258300
1993-01-01 -0.7374110376419029000
1993-04-01 -0.4508787447016931500
1993-07-01 0.0147315336738787720
1993-10-01 0.0269477091766431170
1994-01-01 -0.3444853880523853000
1994-04-01 -0.8505924207204328000
1994-07-01 -1.0628632805377902000
1994-10-01 -1.0155327585485174000
1995-01-01 -0.9325809123568145000
1995-04-01 -0.3298457190002195300
1995-07-01 0.1173548670263499200
1995-10-01 0.0741367490504797600
1996-01-01 0.1547169141364122500
1996-04-01 0.0985145388533303600
1996-07-01 -0.1225577373727050600
1996-10-01 -0.2407863017547502100
1997-01-01 -0.1199408767067175000
1997-04-01 0.2321093338128485700
1997-07-01 0.4354800071318278300
1997-10-01 0.4167203092992799500
1998-01-01 0.7407559860559407000
1998-04-01 1.0258986775050032000
1998-07-01 0.9359759270071639000
1998-10-01 0.7968960159724608000
1999-01-01 0.4280859517996531400
1999-04-01 0.1080908035595098800
1999-07-01 0.0366889519970293000
1999-10-01 -0.0018994670468951455
2000-01-01 -0.0156315329204004200
2000-04-01 -0.0544294829409689800
2000-07-01 0.0968542282682521600
2000-10-01 0.2913108546871204000
2001-01-01 0.4620642272825432000
2001-04-01 0.9008446827370301000
2001-07-01 0.9101398680619118000
2001-10-01 1.0807379073302092000
2002-01-01 0.8692925536431109000
2002-04-01 -0.0451231361796956760
2002-07-01 -0.1140389285153437500
2002-10-01 0.0727894442042738300
2003-01-01 0.0568588157803376200
2003-04-01 0.5642723426794097000
2003-07-01 0.4940068750665543000
2003-10-01 -0.1882909558642963000
2004-01-01 -0.8008598877491743000
2004-04-01 -0.9825074011152760000
2004-07-01 -0.8602096937367645000
2004-10-01 -0.7429947629823657000
2005-01-01 -0.7433270046104404000
2005-04-01 -0.6037430063839037000
2005-07-01 -0.7318921315815724000
2005-10-01 -0.8450785895370299000
2006-01-01 -0.4484224144582364000
2006-04-01 -0.8424923337366840000
2006-07-01 -0.7169102792884022000
2006-10-01 0.0651917760959044300
2007-01-01 -0.2793818209775111000
2007-04-01 -0.7982029428670718000
2007-07-01 -0.8298541107052783000
2007-10-01 -0.7843164795460900000
2008-01-01 -0.3452613315573097000
2008-04-01 0.0300289595232289000
2008-07-01 0.3477173993024118000
2008-10-01 1.4671811251222575000
2009-01-01 1.6321763312006840000
2009-04-01 1.0344520738450440000
2009-07-01 0.1179768163108049600
2009-10-01 -0.5094794397763476000
2010-01-01 -0.6098985558391071000
2010-04-01 -0.5236799188013167000
2010-07-01 -0.6889204370962418000
2010-10-01 -0.9583298346854970000
2011-01-01 -1.5095417205968165000
2011-04-01 -1.2227997184024908000
2011-07-01 -0.7312851869318495000
2011-10-01 -0.2866656356705510000
2012-01-01 -0.0736933878615522700
2012-04-01 -0.1082554194145322500
2012-07-01 -0.0370181228906310100
2012-10-01 -0.0464622850922225700
2013-01-01 -0.0937913787327964600
2013-04-01 0.0799023915209196300
2013-07-01 -0.0283683277674183260
2013-10-01 -0.3047120741479044000
2014-01-01 -0.4484538904399414000
2014-04-01 -0.0876616985550157100
2014-07-01 0.2962706822554627000
2014-10-01 0.5391922562459790000
2015-01-01 0.5400009530393227000
2015-04-01 0.3829781158551952000
2015-07-01 0.4272130090093853600
2015-10-01 0.5401068773605651000
2016-01-01 0.5476878620714621000
2016-04-01 0.3925831627064411700
2016-07-01 0.3474723675052126500
2016-10-01 0.0607014392520175100
2017-01-01 -0.1904573843376307000
2017-04-01 -0.2702404362966401000
2017-07-01 -0.5250961220034172000
2017-10-01 -0.7537121794024884000
2018-01-01 -1.0245304510890914000
2018-04-01 -1.0231711841614848000
2018-07-01 -0.8607388527668157000
2018-10-01 -0.4125681146649107000
2019-01-01 0.3887401412133561000
2019-04-01 0.9137818273546299000
2019-07-01 0.9177859267387195000
2019-10-01 0.0873011101993825500
2020-01-01 -2.0613929497549180000
2020-04-01 -2.8026351391827156000
2020-07-01 1.4985654546080371000
2020-10-01 1.2168524058046180000
2021-01-01 0.1667714246507587300
2021-04-01 -0.2408767120052270600
2021-07-01 -0.6815994510262411000
2021-10-01 -0.9738604976582864000
2022-01-01 -1.4765459252104831000
2022-04-01 -1.3503481695268642000
2022-07-01 -0.5891801274407902000
2022-10-01 0.2700475540595581000
2023-01-01 1.1032182373094441000
2023-04-01 1.3728910848262963000
2023-07-01 1.1076741307593210000
2023-10-01 1.0178543953785717000
2024-01-01 1.1393035452019700000
2024-04-01 1.0442991248603182000
2024-07-01 1.0171103675786470000
2024-10-01 0.5600151722514192000
2025-01-01 -0.0273146123550745480
2025-04-01 0.2811272207860873000
2025-07-01 0.5291861757365990000

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