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 2026-10-05 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 3.4931052326
1960-04-01 -2.5090622358
1960-07-01 1.8776272989
1960-10-01 -3.9224174372
1961-01-01 2.6652242155
1961-04-01 0.6288553854
1961-07-01 0.9106204121
1961-10-01 0.5466486922
1962-01-01 1.5432143303
1962-04-01 -0.7627470545
1962-07-01 1.4129816965
1962-10-01 -1.9573856048
1963-01-01 0.1618605625
1963-04-01 -1.3948372338
1963-07-01 4.3444506653
1963-10-01 -2.2810680865
1964-01-01 3.1716784036
1964-04-01 -1.2982105162
1964-07-01 1.2316839714
1964-10-01 -3.3882365129
1965-01-01 2.5506191001
1965-04-01 -1.0938028536
1965-07-01 2.7749448813
1965-10-01 2.3757805487
1966-01-01 2.3469855773
1966-04-01 -3.1985767597
1966-07-01 -0.5245148223
1966-10-01 0.0831425832
1967-01-01 1.7327656910
1967-04-01 -1.8907469220
1967-07-01 0.1985268542
1967-10-01 -2.4494957754
1968-01-01 3.0432362419
1968-04-01 1.8509576437
1968-07-01 -0.7443956650
1968-10-01 -2.9486462850
1969-01-01 2.0912603333
1969-04-01 -2.3173028834
1969-07-01 -0.3941492985
1969-10-01 -3.4738942353
1970-01-01 0.1445306096
1970-04-01 -0.1083314003
1970-07-01 1.9195254530
1970-10-01 -3.8251056795
1971-01-01 5.6749516337
1971-04-01 -2.0045282851
1971-07-01 0.1517919990
1971-10-01 -3.9269114686
1972-01-01 0.3499625009
1972-04-01 3.4065022610
1972-07-01 -1.0872396344
1972-10-01 -1.0116595980
1973-01-01 2.6619342339
1973-04-01 0.8073899822
1973-07-01 -4.4636446947
1973-10-01 0.2203917122
1974-01-01 -4.3259079133
1974-04-01 -0.2839909668
1974-07-01 -4.2688669257
1974-10-01 2.2033052728
1975-01-01 1.7660212854
1975-04-01 2.6079084059
1975-07-01 1.0871251891
1975-10-01 0.3568141724
1976-01-01 2.2870760266
1976-04-01 -1.5179636154
1976-07-01 -1.7694763872
1976-10-01 -1.3554300348
1977-01-01 -0.9143981758
1977-04-01 1.1126529380
1977-07-01 2.5409829310
1977-10-01 -3.9316022560
1978-01-01 -1.9213394857
1978-04-01 6.6592535560
1978-07-01 -0.3995920013
1978-10-01 0.5652074588
1979-01-01 -1.8032803125
1979-04-01 -1.8088048913
1979-07-01 1.0923482542
1979-10-01 -0.4317988742
1980-01-01 0.6238350404
1980-04-01 -2.2073580756
1980-07-01 -0.6546517039
1980-10-01 0.4508655999
1981-01-01 5.0070525462
1981-04-01 -4.7623824259
1981-07-01 3.2806863492
1981-10-01 -1.7497586490
1982-01-01 -4.5462230379
1982-04-01 1.6286953364
1982-07-01 -1.3970202195
1982-10-01 0.2589751121
1983-01-01 0.4741510701
1983-04-01 2.0997453134
1983-07-01 0.1635505067
1983-10-01 0.9223065962
1984-01-01 0.5624163013
1984-04-01 1.4154029079
1984-07-01 0.1503526885
1984-10-01 -0.1533930218
1985-01-01 0.6608324083
1985-04-01 0.3250029529
1985-07-01 3.0461860429
1985-10-01 -0.4983484903
1986-01-01 0.4114287693
1986-04-01 -0.3520259553
1986-07-01 0.6696455943
1986-10-01 -0.9518458558
1987-01-01 -0.6005732779
1987-04-01 0.1783268702
1987-07-01 -1.2495570409
1987-10-01 2.0190952029
1988-01-01 -1.6211587448
1988-04-01 1.0514972375
1988-07-01 -0.9890591086
1988-10-01 1.1832948314
1989-01-01 0.6375940176
1989-04-01 0.7625025320
1989-07-01 1.4024298905
1989-10-01 -1.4157982696
1990-01-01 1.0540835192
1990-04-01 -0.1746967681
1990-07-01 -0.5883988434
1990-10-01 -2.1003782742
1991-01-01 0.1143850020
1991-04-01 1.1525207871
1991-07-01 -1.2127505178
1991-10-01 -0.4106111015
1992-01-01 2.4923632514
1992-04-01 -0.0217131774
1992-07-01 0.8455579451
1992-10-01 0.8267602828
1993-01-01 -2.5501140906
1993-04-01 -0.4212751058
1993-07-01 -0.9610057671
1993-10-01 0.8106329011
1994-01-01 -0.2864026642
1994-04-01 0.5003741200
1994-07-01 -1.7906150529
1994-10-01 -0.1355785160
1995-01-01 -1.8742355091
1995-04-01 -0.7820784754
1995-07-01 0.1854669038
1995-10-01 -0.6865465301
1996-01-01 0.2770194248
1996-04-01 1.8882867386
1996-07-01 -0.3027191062
1996-10-01 0.3190181323
1997-01-01 -1.6875683234
1997-04-01 1.9747448170
1997-07-01 -0.1845782105
1997-10-01 -1.3094198970
1998-01-01 -0.0138709220
1998-04-01 0.1244723513
1998-07-01 1.5018459347
1998-10-01 2.2326812619
1999-01-01 0.1574514653
1999-04-01 -0.3876917375
1999-07-01 1.2492601075
1999-10-01 1.7843257590
2000-01-01 -2.5023215006
2000-04-01 3.3234631594
2000-07-01 -2.1148409959
2000-10-01 0.5737995435
2001-01-01 -1.6193243366
2001-04-01 2.9395582322
2001-07-01 -1.0791277833
2001-10-01 1.4843440761
2002-01-01 1.3803000486
2002-04-01 -0.8050076106
2002-07-01 -0.2194770569
2002-10-01 -0.8485728954
2003-01-01 0.0045077012
2003-04-01 1.6367717871
2003-07-01 2.6668975812
2003-10-01 0.1757577499
2004-01-01 -1.6912347600
2004-04-01 -1.0365790410
2004-07-01 -0.1661916029
2004-10-01 -0.2749360609
2005-01-01 0.1261787296
2005-04-01 -1.4750594122
2005-07-01 0.1907107391
2005-10-01 -2.0247745387
2006-01-01 1.2081047045
2006-04-01 -1.8853654374
2006-07-01 -1.6716072711
2006-10-01 1.0449960250
2007-01-01 -1.7185587354
2007-04-01 -0.3090167939
2007-07-01 0.4018253492
2007-10-01 0.7745754227
2008-01-01 -1.8496966544
2008-04-01 2.7180496651
2008-07-01 -0.1198212918
2008-10-01 -2.6142984249
2009-01-01 2.8570991743
2009-04-01 2.5634222322
2009-07-01 -0.2211865573
2009-10-01 1.9005370500
2010-01-01 -0.7403916581
2010-04-01 -0.0897809962
2010-07-01 0.4916274175
2010-10-01 -0.2896988066
2011-01-01 -3.8906831616
2011-04-01 0.3898178129
2011-07-01 -2.3082090800
2011-10-01 1.9563952155
2012-01-01 -0.3475240465
2012-04-01 -0.8570731406
2012-07-01 -0.7779905078
2012-10-01 -1.5487766292
2013-01-01 1.0815298019
2013-04-01 -1.2931117398
2013-07-01 0.6588158690
2013-10-01 0.4951612878
2014-01-01 -3.6117710034
2014-04-01 1.2840125231
2014-07-01 1.0507790289
2014-10-01 -1.4182340916
2015-01-01 1.1022974449
2015-04-01 0.1101944372
2015-07-01 -0.9012249381
2015-10-01 -0.6769919265
2016-01-01 0.7501703731
2016-04-01 -0.6706054386
2016-07-01 0.6548130403
2016-10-01 -0.0944412659
2017-01-01 -1.2626682081
2017-04-01 -1.2072527120
2017-07-01 0.1958222616
2017-10-01 0.1364177072
2018-01-01 -0.5286724934
2018-04-01 -1.6363491733
2018-07-01 -0.8555438637
2018-10-01 -2.2369754545
2019-01-01 0.3620777674
2019-04-01 0.7372757503
2019-07-01 2.2002481231
2019-10-01 1.6603292459
2020-01-01 -3.1683897552
2020-04-01 -17.4355072487
2020-07-01 18.6395576017
2020-10-01 -2.5146883258
2021-01-01 0.9189831891
2021-04-01 0.7053159418
2021-07-01 -1.6407340629
2021-10-01 1.6825295317
2022-01-01 -4.2661961077
2022-04-01 -1.7583508210
2022-07-01 1.1689493998
2022-10-01 1.4511509510
2023-01-01 1.6973235596
2023-04-01 0.4103165258
2023-07-01 1.9998332953
2023-10-01 1.5382640255
2024-01-01 -0.0474106866
2024-04-01 1.3774735504
2024-07-01 1.2494089601
2024-10-01 0.4941795530
2025-01-01 -2.4759325908
2025-04-01 2.4951163288
2025-07-01 1.9609482374
2025-10-01 -0.7772070138
2026-01-01 0.1688989331
2026-04-01 -0.5001702805

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