nberdatesQ.m (979B)
1 % nberdatesQ.m 1/28/09 -- by Quarter rather than Month 2 % Official NBER recession datesQ, from 3 % http://www.nber.org/cycles/cyclesmain.html (see NBERcycles.html) 4 5 datesQ=[ 6 % Peak Year,Quarter Trough Year, Quarter 7 1857 2 1858 4; 8 1860 3 1861 3; 9 1865 1 1867 1; 10 1869 2 1870 4; 11 1873 3 1879 1; 12 1882 1 1885 2; 13 1887 2 1888 1; 14 1890 3 1891 2; 15 1893 1 1894 2; 16 1895 4 1897 2; 17 1899 3 1900 4; 18 1902 4 1904 3; 19 1907 2 1908 2; 20 1910 1 1912 4; 21 1913 1 1914 4; 22 1918 3 1919 1; 23 1920 1 1921 3; 24 1923 2 1924 3; 25 1926 3 1927 4; 26 1929 3 1933 1; 27 1937 2 1938 2; 28 1945 1 1945 4; 29 1948 4 1949 4; 30 1953 2 1954 2; 31 1957 3 1958 2; 32 1960 2 1961 1; 33 1969 4 1970 4; 34 1973 4 1975 1; 35 1980 1 1980 3; 36 1981 3 1982 4; 37 1990 3 1991 1; 38 2001 1 2001 4; 39 2007 4 2009 2 ]; 40 41 start=datesQ(:,1)+(datesQ(:,2)-1)/4; 42 finish=datesQ(:,3)+(datesQ(:,4)-1)/4; 43 save nberdatesQ; 44 45 46 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