recessions: Recession dates.

In donboyd5/bdata: Boyd data

Description

Peak and trough dates for recessions.

Usage

recessions

Format

Data frame with 1 row per recession

rec_year

Calendar year in which recession began, numeric

peak

first day of month in which recession began, date

trough

first day of month in which recession ended, date

peak_decimal

numeric - first day of month in which recession began, numeric

trough_decimal

numeric - first day of month in which recession ended, numeric

peak_quarter

first day of quarter in which recession began, date

trough_quarter

first day of quarter in which recession ended, date

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) http://www.nber.org/cycles.html

Examples

  recessions

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