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United States Business Cycle Dates

United States Business Cycle Peak and Trough Dates:

Peak	Trough
November 1948	October 1949
July 1953	May 1954
August 1957	April 1958
April 1960	February 1961
December 1969	November 1970
November 1973	March 1975
January 1980	July 1980
July 1981	November 1982
July 1990	March 1991
March 2001	November 2001
December 2007	June 2009

Source: NBER Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions