| Number of quarters | Percent change | |||
| Fixed 1987 weights | Chain-type annual weights | Benchmark-years weights | ||
| Contractions: | ||||
 1960:I-1960:IV |
3 | -0.7 | -1.7 | -1.8 |
| 1969:III-1970:IV |
5 | -.3 | -.8 | -.7 |
| 1973:IV-1975:I |
5 | -4.0 | -4.5 | -4.4 |
| 1980:I-1980:II |
1 | -2.6 | -2.2 | -2.4 |
| 1981:I-1982:III |
6 | -2.7 | -2.8 | -2.5 |
| 1990:II-1991:I |
3 | -2.1 | -2.0 | -2.1 |
| Expansions: | ||||
| 1960:IV-1969:III |
35 | 47.0 | 52.6 | 52.9 |
| 1970:IV-1973:IV |
12 | 14.4 | 17.1 | 16.8 |
| 1975:I-1980:I |
20 | 21.4 | 23.4 | 24.2 |
| 1980:II-1981:I |
3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 1982:III-1990:II |
31 | 30.6 | 31.6 | 31.3 |
| 1991:I-1992:IV/1/ | 7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| Cycles (peak to peak): | ||||
| 1960:I-1969:III |
38 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 50.3 |
| 1969:III-1973:IV |
17 | 14.0 | 16.2 | 16.0 |
| 1973:IV-1980:I |
25 | 16.6 | 17.8 | 18.7 |
| 1980:I-1981:II |
4 | .7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1981:I-1990:II |
37 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 28.0 |
| 1990:II-1992:IV/1/ | 10 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Addendum: | ||||
| 1960:I-1992:IV/1/ | 131 | 152.6 | 171.3 | 174.0 |
1. The fourth quarter of 1992 is the most recent quarter for which data are available.
