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

Title Brave-Butters-Kelley Irregular Component of GDP
Series ID BBKQIR
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 7:34 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 irregular component of GDP is expressed in annualized real GDP growth equivalent units.

This quarterly series is aggregated from the monthly version of the series (BBKMIR), 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 3.5067382129
1960-04-01 -2.4775853819
1960-07-01 1.8978511336
1960-10-01 -3.8998440273
1961-01-01 2.6911236398
1961-04-01 0.6493306786
1961-07-01 0.9259121232
1961-10-01 0.5678378669
1962-01-01 1.5625090387
1962-04-01 -0.7379469594
1962-07-01 1.4350421206
1962-10-01 -1.9384112870
1963-01-01 0.1770594804
1963-04-01 -1.3748319111
1963-07-01 4.3661309628
1963-10-01 -2.2618687134
1964-01-01 3.1926487180
1964-04-01 -1.2787947862
1964-07-01 1.2474008322
1964-10-01 -3.3773407147
1965-01-01 2.5629908794
1965-04-01 -1.0767968105
1965-07-01 2.7954256789
1965-10-01 2.3993418231
1966-01-01 2.3563977466
1966-04-01 -3.1942055049
1966-07-01 -0.5181990394
1966-10-01 0.0924888295
1967-01-01 1.7483062440
1967-04-01 -1.8769749911
1967-07-01 0.2056694429
1967-10-01 -2.4456958128
1968-01-01 3.0484628492
1968-04-01 1.8609422949
1968-07-01 -0.7366129857
1968-10-01 -2.9534574801
1969-01-01 2.0926538329
1969-04-01 -2.3197854066
1969-07-01 -0.3996957152
1969-10-01 -3.4747158110
1970-01-01 0.1476480354
1970-04-01 -0.1062570660
1970-07-01 1.9224408358
1970-10-01 -3.8224176082
1971-01-01 5.6723396381
1971-04-01 -2.0072520776
1971-07-01 0.1451546795
1971-10-01 -3.9336249764
1972-01-01 0.3413127534
1972-04-01 3.4080391135
1972-07-01 -1.0894517747
1972-10-01 -1.0177946342
1973-01-01 2.6578540607
1973-04-01 0.7982355694
1973-07-01 -4.4726187402
1973-10-01 0.2059869109
1974-01-01 -4.3387338340
1974-04-01 -0.2909217728
1974-07-01 -4.2746667923
1974-10-01 2.2007423345
1975-01-01 1.7880347722
1975-04-01 2.6209433365
1975-07-01 1.0845875483
1975-10-01 0.3513488512
1976-01-01 2.2881480400
1976-04-01 -1.5212860560
1976-07-01 -1.7715981019
1976-10-01 -1.3552315887
1977-01-01 -0.9199382553
1977-04-01 1.1113733862
1977-07-01 2.5436420906
1977-10-01 -3.9307360070
1978-01-01 -1.9234759660
1978-04-01 6.6716416643
1978-07-01 -0.3954343425
1978-10-01 0.5693440332
1979-01-01 -1.8065054858
1979-04-01 -1.8100066939
1979-07-01 1.1001739855
1979-10-01 -0.4267007728
1980-01-01 0.6243926571
1980-04-01 -2.2011273323
1980-07-01 -0.6385635176
1980-10-01 0.4515284131
1981-01-01 5.0148377732
1981-04-01 -4.7605903456
1981-07-01 3.2847468692
1981-10-01 -1.7400049682
1982-01-01 -4.5365939467
1982-04-01 1.6371082478
1982-07-01 -1.3845363284
1982-10-01 0.2809933981
1983-01-01 0.4861171828
1983-04-01 2.1127743654
1983-07-01 0.1744845450
1983-10-01 0.9329384975
1984-01-01 0.5747602963
1984-04-01 1.4340263714
1984-07-01 0.1638132004
1984-10-01 -0.1357278442
1985-01-01 0.6772564355
1985-04-01 0.3432743530
1985-07-01 3.0669852110
1985-10-01 -0.4832615512
1986-01-01 0.4281291427
1986-04-01 -0.3349406020
1986-07-01 0.6850926784
1986-10-01 -0.9387760232
1987-01-01 -0.5918657595
1987-04-01 0.1902358869
1987-07-01 -1.2377003539
1987-10-01 2.0278905148
1988-01-01 -1.6057568098
1988-04-01 1.0643315556
1988-07-01 -0.9767151859
1988-10-01 1.1979537481
1989-01-01 0.6467040267
1989-04-01 0.7771013545
1989-07-01 1.4202676791
1989-10-01 -1.4025222463
1990-01-01 1.0665728056
1990-04-01 -0.1694863519
1990-07-01 -0.5823147449
1990-10-01 -2.0939687544
1991-01-01 0.1268022314
1991-04-01 1.1672685719
1991-07-01 -1.2101475728
1991-10-01 -0.4055685861
1992-01-01 2.5079676793
1992-04-01 -0.0148371743
1992-07-01 0.8541113449
1992-10-01 0.8358842673
1993-01-01 -2.5504778949
1993-04-01 -0.4154958544
1993-07-01 -0.9515568181
1993-10-01 0.8185965318
1994-01-01 -0.2823053461
1994-04-01 0.5018758280
1994-07-01 -1.7890547561
1994-10-01 -0.1332001870
1995-01-01 -1.8754477275
1995-04-01 -0.7742988366
1995-07-01 0.1932885408
1995-10-01 -0.6787011746
1996-01-01 0.2855758409
1996-04-01 1.8994004866
1996-07-01 -0.2965644814
1996-10-01 0.3267254830
1997-01-01 -1.6801266951
1997-04-01 1.9820061517
1997-07-01 -0.1730131567
1997-10-01 -1.3039184462
1998-01-01 -0.0049592373
1998-04-01 0.1378565335
1998-07-01 1.5146997294
1998-10-01 2.2482888501
1999-01-01 0.1668771142
1999-04-01 -0.3789537319
1999-07-01 1.2586746825
1999-10-01 1.7926570211
2000-01-01 -2.4897903297
2000-04-01 3.3298109907
2000-07-01 -2.1068106156
2000-10-01 0.5803222944
2001-01-01 -1.6108206856
2001-04-01 2.9501819245
2001-07-01 -1.0702255331
2001-10-01 1.4975310534
2002-01-01 1.3916955473
2002-04-01 -0.8058131953
2002-07-01 -0.2182086368
2002-10-01 -0.8473587331
2003-01-01 0.0088156738
2003-04-01 1.6410742601
2003-07-01 2.6773445198
2003-10-01 0.1746154579
2004-01-01 -1.6951554158
2004-04-01 -1.0435362051
2004-07-01 -0.1690453116
2004-10-01 -0.2782347686
2005-01-01 0.1201827166
2005-04-01 -1.4790467049
2005-07-01 0.1856686726
2005-10-01 -2.0369617386
2006-01-01 1.2075300167
2006-04-01 -1.8967610538
2006-07-01 -1.6867226360
2006-10-01 1.0412836211
2007-01-01 -1.7218281819
2007-04-01 -0.3221102087
2007-07-01 0.3934225483
2007-10-01 0.7641630845
2008-01-01 -1.8592414759
2008-04-01 2.7132661770
2008-07-01 -0.1293525953
2008-10-01 -2.6173714330
2009-01-01 2.8569499781
2009-04-01 2.5614713719
2009-07-01 -0.2284441354
2009-10-01 1.8859833909
2010-01-01 -0.7503039629
2010-04-01 -0.0950047257
2010-07-01 0.4801781143
2010-10-01 -0.3010978809
2011-01-01 -3.9101014361
2011-04-01 0.3772271460
2011-07-01 -2.3210929005
2011-10-01 1.9436935750
2012-01-01 -0.3555764157
2012-04-01 -0.8708915657
2012-07-01 -0.7909834085
2012-10-01 -1.5600277784
2013-01-01 1.0666424700
2013-04-01 -1.3040472796
2013-07-01 0.6504014362
2013-10-01 0.4825126166
2014-01-01 -3.6255766414
2014-04-01 1.2735060709
2014-07-01 1.0431797140
2014-10-01 -1.4233040582
2015-01-01 1.0921555887
2015-04-01 0.1023648825
2015-07-01 -0.9092165943
2015-10-01 -0.6840369597
2016-01-01 0.7441633888
2016-04-01 -0.6750831868
2016-07-01 0.6530641243
2016-10-01 -0.1004661757
2017-01-01 -1.2693295171
2017-04-01 -1.2096532243
2017-07-01 0.1918469568
2017-10-01 0.1352224640
2018-01-01 -0.5334115221
2018-04-01 -1.6362400089
2018-07-01 -0.8562426229
2018-10-01 -2.2358868989
2019-01-01 0.3599076201
2019-04-01 0.7499524048
2019-07-01 2.2170605011
2019-10-01 1.6709731367
2020-01-01 -3.1712954730
2020-04-01 -17.4571824813
2020-07-01 18.6873458118
2020-10-01 -2.4673727407
2021-01-01 0.5228186587
2021-04-01 0.6073075685
2021-07-01 -1.4557936848
2021-10-01 1.8810973416
2022-01-01 -4.2847614624
2022-04-01 -1.6939228295
2022-07-01 1.3418178896
2022-10-01 1.5458750367
2023-01-01 1.3019293764
2023-04-01 0.7512395726
2023-07-01 2.1383473641
2023-10-01 1.3870489135
2024-01-01 -0.5535081482
2024-04-01 1.4444198659
2024-07-01 1.4817612325
2024-10-01 0.0840185565
2025-01-01 -3.1400903315
2025-04-01 2.4077459591
2025-07-01 2.4217520984
2025-10-01 -0.4640788623
2026-01-01 -0.0056349481
2026-04-01 -1.0069907345

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