Release Tables

Monthly Indexes


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.


   

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    Jan 1960    
 
 
    Feb 2026
Name Period Value Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
Units
Coincident Index
Feb 2026 0.07538 Standard Deviations 0.03324 Standard Deviations 0.12914 Standard Deviations Standard Deviations
Leading Index
Feb 2026 -0.21506 Standard Deviations -0.11782 Standard Deviations -0.13798 Standard Deviations Standard Deviations
Real Gross Domestic Product
. . Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period . Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period . Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period Annualized % Chg. from Preceding Period
Cycle Component
Feb 2026 0.24994 Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period 0.11022 Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period 0.42817 Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period Annualized % Chg. from Preceding Period
Leading Subcomponent
Feb 2026 -0.16993 Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period -0.09308 Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period -0.10901 Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period Annualized % Chg. from Preceding Period
Lagging Subcomponent
Feb 2026 0.41987 Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period 0.20330 Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period 0.53718 Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period Annualized % Chg. from Preceding Period
Trend Component
Feb 2026 2.90087 Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period 2.90087 Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period 2.89601 Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period Annualized % Chg. from Preceding Period
Irregular Component
. . Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period . Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period . Annualized Percent Change from Preceding Period Annualized % Chg. from Preceding Period
   

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