Table Data - Brave-Butters-Kelley Cycle Component of GDP

Title Brave-Butters-Kelley Cycle Component of GDP
Series ID BBKQCY
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 2026-04-01
Last Updated 2026-08-31 7:33 AM CDT
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 cycle component of GDP 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 (BBKMCY), 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:
ave, 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 2.2566011265
1960-04-01 -2.8264961043
1960-07-01 -3.0733814638
1960-10-01 -4.4027619365
1961-01-01 -3.1413992252
1961-04-01 2.9442672070
1961-07-01 3.5517644181
1961-10-01 4.0607068813
1962-01-01 2.3660160418
1962-04-01 1.2048615926
1962-07-01 0.3267873822
1962-10-01 0.1166572348
1963-01-01 1.0404266672
1963-04-01 2.7091231349
1963-07-01 1.2075528182
1963-10-01 1.7405489566
1964-01-01 2.0385750228
1964-04-01 2.4851797749
1964-07-01 1.8323719891
1964-10-01 1.4922540628
1965-01-01 3.8894867379
1965-04-01 2.9848121339
1965-07-01 2.8893348738
1965-10-01 3.6108900418
1966-01-01 4.1575542451
1966-04-01 1.4558582573
1966-07-01 0.8065853066
1966-10-01 0.0805778930
1967-01-01 -1.3015603021
1967-04-01 -0.9561822839
1967-07-01 0.4852052031
1967-10-01 2.3796033832
1968-01-01 1.9606227015
1968-04-01 1.6955628851
1968-07-01 0.7699443270
1968-10-01 1.4635591418
1969-01-01 1.0680771331
1969-04-01 0.4835718045
1969-07-01 -0.0093595404
1969-10-01 -1.5188301557
1970-01-01 -3.7806710423
1970-04-01 -2.3639406547
1970-07-01 -1.2884921808
1970-10-01 -3.5188834035
1971-01-01 2.0132559452
1971-04-01 1.1409622532
1971-07-01 0.1046657011
1971-10-01 1.8440458178
1972-01-01 3.9171452408
1972-04-01 2.5517298257
1972-07-01 1.8294693625
1972-10-01 4.6376722087
1973-01-01 4.1037333680
1973-04-01 0.5219771514
1973-07-01 -0.6473436864
1973-10-01 0.5610477531
1974-01-01 -2.1198452939
1974-04-01 -1.7694087077
1974-07-01 -2.5384719708
1974-10-01 -6.7714482970
1975-01-01 -9.7106287447
1975-04-01 -2.7894894372
1975-07-01 2.6852897099
1975-10-01 1.9817252809
1976-01-01 3.5904698772
1976-04-01 1.4283488235
1976-07-01 0.9406855154
1976-10-01 1.2199499417
1977-01-01 2.6182958460
1977-04-01 3.5661771006
1977-07-01 1.5869074752
1977-10-01 0.9181190533
1978-01-01 0.1831557090
1978-04-01 5.4720400708
1978-07-01 1.3781519265
1978-10-01 1.7554215072
1979-01-01 -0.4987005235
1979-04-01 -0.7776248924
1979-07-01 -1.1601167258
1979-10-01 -1.5962715200
1980-01-01 -2.3829738217
1980-04-01 -9.1479287267
1980-07-01 -2.8605393463
1980-10-01 3.9215024501
1981-01-01 -0.2776362101
1981-04-01 -1.2381482755
1981-07-01 -1.5432604392
1981-10-01 -5.6625864057
1982-01-01 -4.7531264271
1982-04-01 -2.8401979728
1982-07-01 -3.1733571055
1982-10-01 -3.1511299637
1983-01-01 1.7221706518
1983-04-01 3.8547318489
1983-07-01 4.7034873093
1983-10-01 4.2935440702
1984-01-01 4.1307599059
1984-04-01 2.3862023902
1984-07-01 0.6387857947
1984-10-01 0.3691718033
1985-01-01 0.1450803317
1985-04-01 0.1317421933
1985-07-01 -0.0372381171
1985-10-01 0.4180921192
1986-01-01 0.2607508537
1986-04-01 -0.8922729240
1986-07-01 0.1024710998
1986-10-01 0.0595533151
1987-01-01 0.5323566402
1987-04-01 1.0848552466
1987-07-01 1.6753952723
1987-10-01 1.7701080233
1988-01-01 0.6600809148
1988-04-01 1.1507267318
1988-07-01 0.3080493575
1988-10-01 1.0935113442
1989-01-01 0.3965923784
1989-04-01 -0.7332675618
1989-07-01 -1.4648486810
1989-10-01 -0.7996796199
1990-01-01 0.2919963901
1990-04-01 -1.3650877306
1990-07-01 -2.1336487265
1990-10-01 -4.5443562623
1991-01-01 -4.9796387142
1991-04-01 -1.0342089564
1991-07-01 0.2557335582
1991-10-01 -1.1730720497
1992-01-01 -0.7143062433
1992-04-01 1.3651942181
1992-07-01 0.1206586845
1992-10-01 0.3542982679
1993-01-01 0.2673117925
1993-04-01 -0.2153745019
1993-07-01 -0.0903558494
1993-10-01 1.6408450024
1994-01-01 1.2011944086
1994-04-01 1.9441290069
1994-07-01 1.1820803747
1994-10-01 1.7514231044
1995-01-01 0.3603854024
1995-04-01 -0.9703034186
1995-07-01 0.2624648719
1995-10-01 0.4545563263
1996-01-01 -0.2348305346
1996-04-01 1.7845613915
1996-07-01 0.9401905188
1996-10-01 0.8749367828
1997-01-01 1.3247033939
1997-04-01 1.6942644347
1997-07-01 2.2096981297
1997-10-01 1.7794464835
1998-01-01 1.0733918430
1998-04-01 0.6235623380
1998-07-01 0.5688137968
1998-10-01 1.2147352340
1999-01-01 0.6528529017
1999-04-01 0.7854887282
1999-07-01 1.0979273328
1999-10-01 1.8052695360
2000-01-01 1.0286612797
2000-04-01 0.9866337086
2000-07-01 -0.3863160627
2000-10-01 -1.0948228896
2001-01-01 -2.5975407657
2001-04-01 -3.3492659370
2001-07-01 -3.4223971605
2001-10-01 -3.2808931028
2002-01-01 -0.9381037081
2002-04-01 0.3747283152
2002-07-01 -1.0264331860
2002-10-01 -1.5202418496
2003-01-01 -0.7682190788
2003-04-01 -0.9664168438
2003-07-01 1.0713076586
2003-10-01 1.5991954236
2004-01-01 1.1181888506
2004-04-01 1.3012924664
2004-07-01 1.1181461729
2004-10-01 1.5188656858
2005-01-01 1.4761004361
2005-04-01 0.6351022306
2005-07-01 0.1309563697
2005-10-01 1.4495322812
2006-01-01 1.3396726782
2006-04-01 0.1376076625
2006-07-01 -0.5078733126
2006-10-01 -0.4057637139
2007-01-01 0.1357927190
2007-04-01 -0.0238656148
2007-07-01 -0.8784993580
2007-10-01 -1.0404900010
2008-01-01 -2.6311381161
2008-04-01 -3.1158264249
2008-07-01 -4.7524980614
2008-10-01 -9.0077970014
2009-01-01 -10.1935698075
2009-04-01 -6.0469410706
2009-07-01 -1.1322246065
2009-10-01 -0.3453008435
2010-01-01 -0.0736582965
2010-04-01 1.1964804096
2010-07-01 -0.1547043441
2010-10-01 -0.3463354258
2011-01-01 0.2201662470
2011-04-01 -0.4149000731
2011-07-01 -0.5010263817
2011-10-01 -0.2066100924
2012-01-01 0.9668222130
2012-04-01 -0.0743042870
2012-07-01 -1.3558799527
2012-10-01 -0.7005423662
2013-01-01 0.1374395403
2013-04-01 -0.3468912773
2013-07-01 0.0214079926
2013-10-01 0.2683054577
2014-01-01 -0.4737450937
2014-04-01 1.1418088800
2014-07-01 1.0703218489
2014-10-01 0.7235013842
2015-01-01 -0.2238048556
2015-04-01 -0.3502597129
2015-07-01 -0.2095620122
2015-10-01 -1.2955348362
2016-01-01 -1.1496635348
2016-04-01 -0.7602425968
2016-07-01 -0.5436329411
2016-10-01 -0.4042605500
2017-01-01 0.4925050663
2017-04-01 0.7243498278
2017-07-01 0.2320676553
2017-10-01 1.6273452995
2018-01-01 1.0515091062
2018-04-01 1.0305624847
2018-07-01 0.6182444981
2018-10-01 0.0734341384
2019-01-01 -0.6033280418
2019-04-01 -0.1570246800
2019-07-01 -0.3031736933
2019-10-01 -1.6933886074
2020-01-01 -4.8704301889
2020-04-01 -18.1063375756
2020-07-01 8.4623081434
2020-10-01 4.2168801607
2021-01-01 2.2600309643
2021-04-01 3.3784683554
2021-07-01 1.9747613099
2021-10-01 2.1526391197
2022-01-01 0.4904175135
2022-04-01 -0.4598122186
2022-07-01 -1.2482190341
2022-10-01 -1.5836583391
2023-01-01 -1.2093939730
2023-04-01 -1.0441844266
2023-07-01 -0.3498718637
2023-10-01 -0.8267487832
2024-01-01 -1.4121771159
2024-04-01 -0.7228830225
2024-07-01 -1.0014987439
2024-10-01 -1.0563687855
2025-01-01 -0.3169612297
2025-04-01 -1.4490004211
2025-07-01 -0.9489210496
2025-10-01 -1.8633917513
2026-01-01 -0.7340571377
2026-04-01 -0.3277122145

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