Cycle Expansions and Contractions--Months of Duration

S CYCLE REFERENCE DATE Length of cycle

Contraction Expansion Trough Peak

(Peak (Previous from from
to trough previous previous
trough) to peak) trough peak

- - - -
18 30 48 -
8 22 30 40
32 46 78 54
18 18 36 50
65 34 99 52
38 36 74 101
13 22 35 60
10 27 37 40
17 20 37 30
18 18 36 35
18 24 42 42
23 21 44 39
13 33 46 56
24 19 43 32
23 12 35 36
7 \1 44 \1 51 \2 67
18 10 28 17
14 22 36 40
13 27 40 41
43 21 64 34
13 50 63 93
8 \1 80 \1 88 \2 93
11 37 48 45
10 45 55 56
8 39 47 49
10 24 34 32
11 106 117 116
16 36 52 47
6 58 64 74
16 12 28 18
8 92 100 108
8 120 128 128
73 81

17 38 55 \1 56
22 27 48 \2 49
18 35 53 53
10 57 67 67

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ansions and Contractions" (accessed 17 April 2009).

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HEADNOTE
[A trough is the low point of a business cycle; a peak is the high
point. Contraction, or recession, is the period from peak to subsequent
trough; expansion is the period from trough to subsequent peak.
Business cycle reference dates are determined by the National Bureau of
Economic Research, Incorporated]

SYMBOL
- Represents or rounds to zero.

FOOTNOTES
\1 31 cycles.
\2 15 cycles.

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA,

"Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions" (accessed 17 April 2009).

For more information:

http://www.nber.org/cycles.html
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