nberdates.m (1049B)
1 % nberdates.m 7/27/04 2 % Official NBER recession dates, from 3 % http://www.nber.org/cycles/cyclesmain.html (see NBERcycles.html) 4 5 clear all; 6 7 dates=[ 8 % Peak Year,Month Trough Year, Month 9 1857 6 1858 12; 10 1860 10 1861 6 ; 11 1865 4 1867 12; 12 1869 6 1870 12; 13 1873 10 1879 3 ; 14 1882 3 1885 5 ; 15 1887 3 1888 4 ; 16 1890 7 1891 5 ; 17 1893 1 1894 6 ; 18 1895 12 1897 6 ; 19 1899 6 1900 12; 20 1902 9 1904 8 ; 21 1907 5 1908 6 ; 22 1910 1 1912 1 ; 23 1913 1 1914 12; 24 1918 8 1919 3 ; 25 1920 1 1921 7 ; 26 1923 5 1924 7 ; 27 1926 10 1927 11; 28 1929 8 1933 3 ; 29 1937 5 1938 6 ; 30 1945 2 1945 10; 31 1948 11 1949 10; 32 1953 7 1954 5 ; 33 1957 8 1958 4 ; 34 1960 4 1961 2 ; 35 1969 12 1970 11; 36 1973 11 1975 3 ; 37 1980 1 1980 7 ; 38 1981 7 1982 11; 39 1990 7 1991 3 ; 40 2001 3 2001 11; 41 2007 12 2009 06; % Starts Dec 2007, End=June 2009 42 ]; 43 44 start=dates(:,1)+(dates(:,2)-1)/12; 45 finish=dates(:,3)+(dates(:,4)-1)/12; 46 save nberdates; 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77