Tracking the Global Economy
Tools
Create Your Own Charts
Create Your Own Recession Charts
Use FRED® Graph to create your own recession charts
The following are links to pre-set graphs using FRED® data. All charts use U.S. data starting with the November 1948 business cycle peak and continuing through the current cycle.
Economic Indicators
GDP and Components
- Real Gross Domestic Product
- Real Personal Consumption Expenditures
- Real Gross Private Domestic Investment
- Real Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment
- Real Exports of Goods & Services
- Real Imports of Goods & Services
* Note: This is not the exact series used for Real Income in Track the Economic Indicators.
Use .xls templates to create your own recession charts
Create recession charts using the downloaded FRED® data of your choice.

