Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Brave-Butters-Kelley Leading Index

Title Brave-Butters-Kelley Leading Index
Series ID BBKQLEIX
Source Indiana University: Indiana Business Research Center
Release Brave-Butters-Kelley Indexes
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units Standard Deviations
Date Range 1960-01-01 to 2024-07-01
Last Updated 2024-12-02 7:53 PM CST
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 BBK Leading Index is the leading subcomponent of the cycle measured in standard deviation units from trend real GDP growth.

This quarterly series is aggregated from the monthly version of the series (BBKMLEIX), 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 1.391151757896359500
1960-04-01 1.992859260164354900
1960-07-01 1.569612794842838000
1960-10-01 1.059236626702697400
1961-01-01 0.686466129351530800
1961-04-01 0.048779026177696950
1961-07-01 -0.294010005713466470
1961-10-01 0.213754299018661140
1962-01-01 0.666572780317953600
1962-04-01 0.935974034462088500
1962-07-01 0.806974895988055600
1962-10-01 0.579531816509803100
1963-01-01 0.382010514982101530
1963-04-01 0.511412287459276900
1963-07-01 0.798610699973540600
1963-10-01 0.933631209727241200
1964-01-01 1.095333229771381100
1964-04-01 1.129615825747661000
1964-07-01 0.960577768083138400
1964-10-01 0.796287742075039000
1965-01-01 1.209696041178729900
1965-04-01 1.796361960874937300
1965-07-01 2.250962606375363600
1965-10-01 2.149086259820167000
1966-01-01 1.367269502618222000
1966-04-01 1.170982541952605400
1966-07-01 1.458718035528565800
1966-10-01 2.077181940896646000
1967-01-01 2.537104119517243500
1967-04-01 2.166497499567312500
1967-07-01 1.571888346069495000
1967-10-01 1.220560421465807200
1968-01-01 1.589951032248832600
1968-04-01 1.695376013777638800
1968-07-01 1.262522413114692800
1968-10-01 0.781526198844125000
1969-01-01 0.735187844769097200
1969-04-01 0.460039764893819900
1969-07-01 0.235576617998873280
1969-10-01 0.239266402479148240
1970-01-01 0.490200839971269700
1970-04-01 0.712200884200877200
1970-07-01 0.836697944872473500
1970-10-01 0.610668688691434500
1971-01-01 0.546416261951788400
1971-04-01 0.304192492838939900
1971-07-01 -0.031554596864969135
1971-10-01 -0.101940600954652560
1972-01-01 0.381614402726391360
1972-04-01 0.395184034010969400
1972-07-01 0.034513085413117930
1972-10-01 -0.307603491180207130
1973-01-01 -0.590300929233962900
1973-04-01 -1.031743215146135000
1973-07-01 -1.655282089157434200
1973-10-01 -2.159768316878052000
1974-01-01 -1.903603738427149600
1974-04-01 -0.938852327774508700
1974-07-01 -0.067084497446681320
1974-10-01 0.966998723190870700
1975-01-01 1.506288717328796700
1975-04-01 0.858667454287724800
1975-07-01 -0.121034633497217280
1975-10-01 -0.405495898120350530
1976-01-01 -0.329284410740748300
1976-04-01 -0.293208602382927800
1976-07-01 -0.256411002204160800
1976-10-01 -0.248874275030815360
1977-01-01 -0.384745520379079700
1977-04-01 0.036664492966940500
1977-07-01 0.362581313092626800
1977-10-01 0.307875801131460400
1978-01-01 0.556738403727701600
1978-04-01 0.844361974709668000
1978-07-01 0.245686629961117620
1978-10-01 -0.434483313785215260
1979-01-01 -1.118964966914382200
1979-04-01 -1.501870764082739300
1979-07-01 -1.305364093219111500
1979-10-01 -1.417732238202590000
1980-01-01 -1.468278504367786400
1980-04-01 -1.078995222771365000
1980-07-01 -0.777031161058536000
1980-10-01 -0.939735786728676300
1981-01-01 -0.588939077397825400
1981-04-01 -0.419233001675251400
1981-07-01 -0.211231024891909170
1981-10-01 0.027562957725846174
1982-01-01 -0.019806530208856747
1982-04-01 -0.164915493855005120
1982-07-01 0.091410642716474780
1982-10-01 0.335927688669656100
1983-01-01 -0.009556575569369919
1983-04-01 -0.209710909043281270
1983-07-01 -0.098793614200635580
1983-10-01 0.210219617352928800
1984-01-01 0.771583727099210100
1984-04-01 1.319777351723073000
1984-07-01 1.326004954732973300
1984-10-01 1.176098459784386200
1985-01-01 1.020074791207327600
1985-04-01 0.935290219970414300
1985-07-01 0.910390999912421500
1985-10-01 0.524501555056271600
1986-01-01 0.277122807700624400
1986-04-01 -0.108708440228181090
1986-07-01 -0.666589956374847300
1986-10-01 -0.942830338564175200
1987-01-01 -1.173143123652631700
1987-04-01 -1.062164640348987300
1987-07-01 -0.867261014082293700
1987-10-01 -0.611320493191531500
1988-01-01 -0.399890561870013870
1988-04-01 -0.316345324227844800
1988-07-01 -0.199287768132434540
1988-10-01 -0.032907169223214590
1989-01-01 0.100710683564953220
1989-04-01 0.202460468229426370
1989-07-01 0.287409867905094900
1989-10-01 -0.231910684799748880
1990-01-01 -0.864452878458988400
1990-04-01 -1.340355829367645200
1990-07-01 -1.779518448099954400
1990-10-01 -1.737468837096115300
1991-01-01 -1.213259223311361700
1991-04-01 -1.262554984313383900
1991-07-01 -1.582639678087329700
1991-10-01 -1.334978143100229900
1992-01-01 -0.964083544516378500
1992-04-01 -0.998229105197110600
1992-07-01 -1.026414140496440600
1992-10-01 -1.044571381588230300
1993-01-01 -1.261375198866181000
1993-04-01 -1.038472051461104300
1993-07-01 -0.693193155961031000
1993-10-01 -0.618691695322648400
1994-01-01 -0.924722947140097700
1994-04-01 -1.293690037003811100
1994-07-01 -1.476484390409392700
1994-10-01 -1.380420284069930700
1995-01-01 -1.110492664702047700
1995-04-01 -0.552897974879671300
1995-07-01 -0.157679378659587640
1995-10-01 -0.095858898763688650
1996-01-01 -0.020562770584080486
1996-04-01 -0.067186934896203450
1996-07-01 -0.237755929492733470
1996-10-01 -0.311582129925885400
1997-01-01 -0.088767751087966150
1997-04-01 0.428107803816870200
1997-07-01 0.761589758880313300
1997-10-01 0.921901015913175200
1998-01-01 1.243432634257482400
1998-04-01 1.480547836631090000
1998-07-01 1.387391470242841400
1998-10-01 1.116863286046427200
1999-01-01 0.675877987631945000
1999-04-01 0.371213234959108800
1999-07-01 0.290321109639138650
1999-10-01 0.262029186596765000
2000-01-01 0.294847483635859830
2000-04-01 0.376562380087915100
2000-07-01 0.556676794285439600
2000-10-01 0.739479890743672600
2001-01-01 0.886010017244141100
2001-04-01 1.184670683413073100
2001-07-01 1.103038054326909800
2001-10-01 1.039335057817079000
2002-01-01 0.806247776541899600
2002-04-01 0.069808115081126620
2002-07-01 -0.053030573659940250
2002-10-01 0.113413755536526790
2003-01-01 0.164756826887496540
2003-04-01 0.411943573660440500
2003-07-01 0.259895623807149700
2003-10-01 -0.316219966968812700
2004-01-01 -0.974341257690028700
2004-04-01 -1.224531672289723500
2004-07-01 -1.157386051058507000
2004-10-01 -1.108407633407805500
2005-01-01 -1.101474186307557000
2005-04-01 -0.999294736984297000
2005-07-01 -1.020091982011095900
2005-10-01 -0.960225150476055400
2006-01-01 -0.607313287868047400
2006-04-01 -0.791376331837666900
2006-07-01 -0.708945043449273800
2006-10-01 -0.212281470726680400
2007-01-01 -0.468447551743466200
2007-04-01 -0.797787692761961800
2007-07-01 -0.802580429182889500
2007-10-01 -0.611192209830799600
2008-01-01 -0.009164222977414819
2008-04-01 0.573308529762228900
2008-07-01 1.141068376124054000
2008-10-01 1.968200468608958300
2009-01-01 1.710389055401731800
2009-04-01 0.676910646135924200
2009-07-01 -0.533843835034613500
2009-10-01 -1.252321570780957200
2010-01-01 -1.450454742404798000
2010-04-01 -1.402578893340067400
2010-07-01 -1.523530706317781000
2010-10-01 -1.822727434719189500
2011-01-01 -2.224919210556519000
2011-04-01 -1.916936436527880500
2011-07-01 -1.437917191381538000
2011-10-01 -0.844239726381424300
2012-01-01 -0.411479385038815600
2012-04-01 -0.330697987689514360
2012-07-01 -0.339830270784557800
2012-10-01 -0.419379661094198600
2013-01-01 -0.406980464084111200
2013-04-01 -0.174183014497590100
2013-07-01 -0.176105544911928370
2013-10-01 -0.359877426792205200
2014-01-01 -0.430213989393595500
2014-04-01 -0.034972733872136494
2014-07-01 0.463567693583299700
2014-10-01 0.762588593252703900
2015-01-01 0.799045209872868300
2015-04-01 0.705354163876394500
2015-07-01 0.715788816088921300
2015-10-01 0.749291618472348700
2016-01-01 0.690051782160383900
2016-04-01 0.510488321623358700
2016-07-01 0.310551318243402760
2016-10-01 -0.070437423716456030
2017-01-01 -0.371803405548459400
2017-04-01 -0.543687552929806100
2017-07-01 -0.913953723924771000
2017-10-01 -1.205852713462094900
2018-01-01 -1.362241360840794000
2018-04-01 -1.281597667566297200
2018-07-01 -0.960070513918366700
2018-10-01 -0.318684773700048330
2019-01-01 0.556642651080820600
2019-04-01 1.108894207574234300
2019-07-01 0.943281393164092100
2019-10-01 -0.111525180720787030
2020-01-01 -2.104529996747686500
2020-04-01 -3.161850275914139400
2020-07-01 -0.082256778853394610
2020-10-01 0.391455932919964670
2021-01-01 -0.293144103326200500
2021-04-01 -0.568055445799267400
2021-07-01 -0.791638175448377700
2021-10-01 -1.126798163360482700
2022-01-01 -1.588170910918550400
2022-04-01 -1.362651777133888600
2022-07-01 -0.533305117908844700
2022-10-01 0.489108969237247170
2023-01-01 1.364502678688105200
2023-04-01 1.783358777368405200
2023-07-01 1.602393721064010200
2023-10-01 1.434209864727710800
2024-01-01 1.390420581576607000
2024-04-01 1.227965328146060300
2024-07-01 1.082649811128627100

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