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Figure 1: Long-term Yield Spread and Near-term Forward Spread
Period | Effective Lower Bound Period | Recession | 2-to-10-Year Yield Spread | 0-to-6 Quarter Forward Spread |
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1972:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1821 | 2.1019 |
1972:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.874 | 1.9044 |
1972:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.6789 |
1972:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5009 | 1.3501 |
1973:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0299 | 0.5996 |
1973:Q2 | 0 | 0 | -0.1712 | 0.777 |
1973:Q3 | 0 | 0 | -0.6836 | -1.1411 |
1973:Q4 | 0 | 1 | -0.2143 | -1.5065 |
1974:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0067 | -1.5353 |
1974:Q2 | 0 | 1 | -0.5213 | -1.2862 |
1974:Q3 | 0 | 1 | -0.5109 | -0.9372 |
1974:Q4 | 0 | 1 | -0.0837 | -0.2222 |
1975:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0.6778 | 0.7481 |
1975:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6973 | 1.8363 |
1975:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1654 | 1.5321 |
1975:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.7011 | 1.8541 |
1976:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.9831 | 2.1497 |
1976:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.8242 | 1.9144 |
1976:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.0475 | 1.69 |
1976:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.4618 | 1.2792 |
1977:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2294 | 1.7054 |
1977:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2528 | 1.3948 |
1977:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.8182 | 0.8396 |
1977:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.4736 | 0.5672 |
1978:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4962 | 0.7638 |
1978:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.24 | 0.9657 |
1978:Q3 | 0 | 0 | -0.0192 | 0.4433 |
1978:Q4 | 0 | 0 | -0.5905 | -0.7752 |
1979:Q1 | 0 | 0 | -0.7289 | -0.937 |
1979:Q2 | 0 | 0 | -0.4593 | -0.9363 |
1979:Q3 | 0 | 0 | -0.4658 | -1.5356 |
1979:Q4 | 0 | 0 | -0.9709 | -2.5258 |
1980:Q1 | 0 | 1 | -1.1913 | -2.2002 |
1980:Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0.3592 | -0.7946 |
1980:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4958 | 0.9978 |
1980:Q4 | 0 | 0 | -0.7298 | -2.595 |
1981:Q1 | 0 | 0 | -0.4091 | -2.8943 |
1981:Q2 | 0 | 0 | -0.9233 | -2.4024 |
1981:Q3 | 0 | 1 | -1.2602 | -1.4156 |
1981:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0502 | 1.1494 |
1982:Q1 | 0 | 1 | -0.2427 | 0.4023 |
1982:Q2 | 0 | 1 | -0.3784 | 0.5696 |
1982:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0.2061 | 2.9398 |
1982:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0.8214 | 2.3306 |
1983:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1863 | 1.7929 |
1983:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.017 | 1.4774 |
1983:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.9265 | 1.8371 |
1983:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.1776 | 2.0349 |
1984:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1548 | 1.8058 |
1984:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.9632 | 2.2381 |
1984:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4267 | 1.9089 |
1984:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.9178 | 2.1435 |
1985:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.367 | 2.4603 |
1985:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.6001 | 2.4605 |
1985:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.6866 | 2.469 |
1985:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.5191 | 1.7629 |
1986:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0131 | 0.8798 |
1986:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.7798 | 1.2782 |
1986:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2463 | 1.3991 |
1986:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.4364 | 1.1567 |
1987:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1407 | 0.7995 |
1987:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0723 | 1.7256 |
1987:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2767 | 1.8038 |
1987:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.2733 | 1.9688 |
1988:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.3871 | 1.4194 |
1988:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2959 | 1.6855 |
1988:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.8529 | 1.1746 |
1988:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.3818 | 0.5369 |
1989:Q1 | 0 | 0 | -0.1876 | 0.2441 |
1989:Q2 | 0 | 0 | -0.1326 | -0.2015 |
1989:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.126 | -0.3894 |
1989:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.1586 | -0.3691 |
1990:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.163 | 0.242 |
1990:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2068 | 0.533 |
1990:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0.7208 | 0.4603 |
1990:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0.9061 | 0.5574 |
1991:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 1.1902 | 1.2033 |
1991:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.4137 | 1.8406 |
1991:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.6434 | 1.6865 |
1991:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 2.1717 | 1.5804 |
1992:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3391 | 2.3999 |
1992:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.6007 |
1992:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 2.9638 | 2.0025 |
1992:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 2.7049 | 2.3005 |
1993:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 2.5687 | 1.8101 |
1993:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 2.3824 | 1.5809 |
1993:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.9393 | 1.4211 |
1993:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.8238 | 1.4588 |
1994:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.7804 | 1.7579 |
1994:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.4347 | 2.2867 |
1994:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2795 | 2.109 |
1994:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.7571 | 2.1287 |
1995:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4707 | 1.4341 |
1995:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6166 | 0.4225 |
1995:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.6289 | 0.4165 |
1995:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5091 | 0.0584 |
1996:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.8105 | 0.2636 |
1996:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.7573 | 1.3136 |
1996:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.6807 | 1.2306 |
1996:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.6567 | 0.7645 |
1997:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6344 | 0.968 |
1997:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.545 | 1.1227 |
1997:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4824 | 0.674 |
1997:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.2833 | 0.3352 |
1998:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2833 | 0.0197 |
1998:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1847 | 0.2434 |
1998:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1785 | -0.0603 |
1998:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.4764 | -0.2121 |
1999:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4739 | 0.3137 |
1999:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5753 | 0.7925 |
1999:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.6316 | 0.8517 |
1999:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.555 | 0.7889 |
2000:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1356 | 0.8794 |
2000:Q2 | 0 | 0 | -0.1837 | 0.4236 |
2000:Q3 | 0 | 0 | -0.1462 | -0.2742 |
2000:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0149 | -0.9432 |
2001:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.692 | -0.4625 |
2001:Q2 | 0 | 1 | 1.3211 | 0.7562 |
2001:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 1.5984 | 0.8385 |
2001:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 2.278 | 1.7496 |
2002:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3232 | 2.4406 |
2002:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 2.2694 | 2.4673 |
2002:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 2.4816 | 1.0412 |
2002:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 2.5483 | 0.9859 |
2003:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 2.6501 | 0.9132 |
2003:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 2.5164 | 0.6831 |
2003:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 2.8826 | 1.2786 |
2003:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 2.7428 | 1.5202 |
2004:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 2.6115 | 1.2494 |
2004:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 2.4177 | 2.1074 |
2004:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 2.0148 | 1.5088 |
2004:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.5784 | 1.0619 |
2005:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.9867 | 1.1276 |
2005:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.623 | 0.8484 |
2005:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3395 | 0.4963 |
2005:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.2281 | 0.2466 |
2006:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0524 | -0.1437 |
2006:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1528 | -0.1137 |
2006:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0358 | -0.537 |
2006:Q4 | 0 | 0 | -0.0229 | -0.7343 |
2007:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0025 | -0.6758 |
2007:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1153 | -0.501 |
2007:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4617 | -0.4512 |
2007:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.9793 | -0.5013 |
2008:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 1.9778 | -0.3397 |
2008:Q2 | 0 | 1 | 1.8206 | 0.855 |
2008:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 1.8123 | 0.6936 |
2008:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 2.8483 | -0.0116 |
2009:Q1 | 1 | 1 | 2.5445 | 0.5841 |
2009:Q2 | 1 | 1 | 2.8076 | 1.26 |
2009:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 2.9423 | 1.5897 |
2009:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 2.9704 | 1.4179 |
2010:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 3.1296 | 1.4822 |
2010:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 2.8953 | 1.1927 |
2010:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 2.4976 | 0.484 |
2010:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 2.633 | 0.3891 |
2011:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0071 | 0.9272 |
2011:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 2.8759 | 0.7915 |
2011:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 2.311 | 0.2213 |
2011:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1.9028 | 0.2224 |
2012:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1.8525 | 0.191 |
2012:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1.5808 | 0.1457 |
2012:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1.4327 | 0.0658 |
2012:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1.4796 | 0.0757 |
2013:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1.7559 | 0.1411 |
2013:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1.7797 | 0.2515 |
2013:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 2.4679 | 0.5453 |
2013:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 2.5637 | 0.3689 |
2014:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 2.5161 | 0.524 |
2014:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 2.302 | 0.6657 |
2014:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 2.0534 | 0.9006 |
2014:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1.7978 | 0.8786 |
2015:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.4199 | 0.9646 |
2015:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.628 | 0.9389 |
2015:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.5931 | 0.9182 |
2015:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.4184 | 0.8485 |
2016:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1456 | 0.5606 |
2016:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0398 | 0.4903 |
2016:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.8661 | 0.3594 |
2016:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.1805 | 0.7091 |
2017:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2685 | 0.8968 |
2017:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0121 | 0.3881 |
2017:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.9191 | 0.2986 |
2017:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.7027 | 0.4486 |
2018:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6131 | 0.6321 |
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Federal Reserve Board staff estimates.
Figure 2: Near-term Forward Spread and Market-Expected Paths of Short Rates
Period | Effective Lower Bound Period | Recesssion | 0-to-6 Quarter (Near-Term) Spread | Slope of Blue Chip Fed Funds Expectations |
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1972:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 2.1019 | na |
1972:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.9044 | na |
1972:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.6789 | na |
1972:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.3501 | na |
1973:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5996 | na |
1973:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.777 | na |
1973:Q3 | 0 | 0 | -1.1411 | na |
1973:Q4 | 0 | 1 | -1.5065 | na |
1974:Q1 | 0 | 1 | -1.5353 | na |
1974:Q2 | 0 | 1 | -1.2862 | na |
1974:Q3 | 0 | 1 | -0.9372 | na |
1974:Q4 | 0 | 1 | -0.2222 | na |
1975:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0.7481 | na |
1975:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.8363 | na |
1975:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.5321 | na |
1975:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.8541 | na |
1976:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 2.1497 | na |
1976:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.9144 | na |
1976:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | na |
1976:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.2792 | na |
1977:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.7054 | na |
1977:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.3948 | na |
1977:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.8396 | na |
1977:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5672 | na |
1978:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.7638 | na |
1978:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.9657 | na |
1978:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4433 | na |
1978:Q4 | 0 | 0 | -0.7752 | na |
1979:Q1 | 0 | 0 | -0.937 | na |
1979:Q2 | 0 | 0 | -0.9363 | na |
1979:Q3 | 0 | 0 | -1.5356 | na |
1979:Q4 | 0 | 0 | -2.5258 | na |
1980:Q1 | 0 | 1 | -2.2002 | na |
1980:Q2 | 0 | 1 | -0.7946 | na |
1980:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.9978 | na |
1980:Q4 | 0 | 0 | -2.595 | na |
1981:Q1 | 0 | 0 | -2.8943 | na |
1981:Q2 | 0 | 0 | -2.4024 | na |
1981:Q3 | 0 | 1 | -1.4156 | na |
1981:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 1.1494 | na |
1982:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0.4023 | na |
1982:Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5696 | na |
1982:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 2.9398 | na |
1982:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 2.3306 | 1.2471 |
1983:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.7929 | 0.5729 |
1983:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.4774 | 0.4059 |
1983:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.8371 | -0.0406 |
1983:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 2.0349 | 0.7087 |
1984:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.8058 | 0.6336 |
1984:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 2.2381 | 0.8579 |
1984:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.9089 | 1.4978 |
1984:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 2.1435 | 2.4536 |
1985:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 2.4603 | 1.2564 |
1985:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 2.4605 | 1.7043 |
1985:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 2.469 | 1.3194 |
1985:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.7629 | 1.1044 |
1986:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.8798 | 1.026 |
1986:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2782 | 1.4414 |
1986:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.3991 | 1.385 |
1986:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.1567 | 0.9538 |
1987:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.7995 | 0.5949 |
1987:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.7256 | 0.5907 |
1987:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.8038 | 0.6671 |
1987:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.9688 | 0.7344 |
1988:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.4194 | 1.1513 |
1988:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.6855 | 1.2308 |
1988:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.1746 | 0.7529 |
1988:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5369 | -0.032 |
1989:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2441 | -0.8134 |
1989:Q2 | 0 | 0 | -0.2015 | -0.2032 |
1989:Q3 | 0 | 0 | -0.3894 | 0.076 |
1989:Q4 | 0 | 0 | -0.3691 | 0.2353 |
1990:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.242 | -0.1254 |
1990:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.533 | 0.0236 |
1990:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0.4603 | 0.022 |
1990:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0.5574 | 0.0279 |
1991:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 1.2033 | 0.4705 |
1991:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.8406 | 0.8774 |
1991:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.6865 | 1.0841 |
1991:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.5804 | 1.2287 |
1992:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3999 | 1.1456 |
1992:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 2.6007 | 1.6467 |
1992:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 2.0025 | 1.8291 |
1992:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 2.3005 | 1.1116 |
1993:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.8101 | 1.0504 |
1993:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.5809 | 0.8811 |
1993:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.4211 | 0.9119 |
1993:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.4588 | 0.5735 |
1994:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.7579 | 0.499 |
1994:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 2.2867 | 0.4246 |
1994:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 2.109 | 0.7038 |
1994:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 2.1287 | 0.7741 |
1995:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.4341 | 0.7976 |
1995:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4225 | 0.5857 |
1995:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4165 | -0.1244 |
1995:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0584 | -0.0934 |
1996:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2636 | -0.1671 |
1996:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.3136 | -0.0973 |
1996:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2306 | 0.2514 |
1996:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.7645 | 0.1833 |
1997:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.968 | -0.1007 |
1997:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1227 | 0.1623 |
1997:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.674 | 0.1457 |
1997:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.3352 | 0.0431 |
1998:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0197 | -0.1452 |
1998:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2434 | 0.0305 |
1998:Q3 | 0 | 0 | -0.0603 | 0.1263 |
1998:Q4 | 0 | 0 | -0.2121 | -0.0905 |
1999:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.3137 | -0.1301 |
1999:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.7925 | 0 |
1999:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.8517 | 0.1877 |
1999:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.7889 | 0.1916 |
2000:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.8794 | 0.2489 |
2000:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4236 | 0.4222 |
2000:Q3 | 0 | 0 | -0.2742 | 0.2334 |
2000:Q4 | 0 | 0 | -0.9432 | -0.087 |
2001:Q1 | 0 | 0 | -0.4625 | 0.3345 |
2001:Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0.7562 | 0.5349 |
2001:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0.8385 | 0.68 |
2001:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 1.7496 | 1.3888 |
2002:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 2.4406 | 1.4013 |
2002:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 2.4673 | 1.9601 |
2002:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.0412 | 1.6128 |
2002:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.9859 | 1.4175 |
2003:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.9132 | 1.3125 |
2003:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6831 | 1.3032 |
2003:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2786 | 0.909 |
2003:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.5202 | 1.1738 |
2004:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2494 | 1.4429 |
2004:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 2.1074 | 1.524 |
2004:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 1.5088 | 1.8992 |
2004:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 1.0619 | 1.4577 |
2005:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1276 | 1.3059 |
2005:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.8484 | 1.2464 |
2005:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4963 | 0.7405 |
2005:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.2466 | 0.4196 |
2006:Q1 | 0 | 0 | -0.1437 | -0.0075 |
2006:Q2 | 0 | 0 | -0.1137 | -0.1994 |
2006:Q3 | 0 | 0 | -0.537 | -0.2877 |
2006:Q4 | 0 | 0 | -0.7343 | -0.3113 |
2007:Q1 | 0 | 0 | -0.6758 | -0.2649 |
2007:Q2 | 0 | 0 | -0.501 | -0.1774 |
2007:Q3 | 0 | 0 | -0.4512 | 0.2929 |
2007:Q4 | 0 | 0 | -0.5013 | 0.516 |
2008:Q1 | 0 | 1 | -0.3397 | 0.9302 |
2008:Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0.855 | 0.6687 |
2008:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0.6936 | 1.0446 |
2008:Q4 | 0 | 1 | -0.0116 | 0.7803 |
2009:Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5841 | 0.3714 |
2009:Q2 | 1 | 1 | 1.26 | 0.549 |
2009:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1.5897 | 1.0347 |
2009:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1.4179 | 1.3377 |
2010:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1.4822 | 1.4879 |
2010:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1.1927 | 1.3936 |
2010:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0.484 | 1.0212 |
2010:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0.3891 | 0.5656 |
2011:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0.9272 | 0.6675 |
2011:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0.7915 | 1.0872 |
2011:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0.2213 | 0.6696 |
2011:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0.2224 | -0.0076 |
2012:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0.191 | -0.0337 |
2012:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0.1457 | 0.0117 |
2012:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0658 | 0.0234 |
2012:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0757 | -0.034 |
2013:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0.1411 | -0.0263 |
2013:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0.2515 | 0.05 |
2013:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5453 | 0.0703 |
2013:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0.3689 | 0.0069 |
2014:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0.524 | 0.0621 |
2014:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0.6657 | 0.3096 |
2014:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0.9006 | 0.648 |
2014:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0.8786 | 0.9455 |
2015:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.9646 | 1.3167 |
2015:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.9389 | 1.3566 |
2015:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.9182 | 1.4165 |
2015:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.8485 | 1.0798 |
2016:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5606 | 1.0285 |
2016:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4903 | 0.9535 |
2016:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3594 | 0.652 |
2016:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.7091 | 0.6258 |
2017:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.8968 | 0.8092 |
2017:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.3881 | 0.7675 |
2017:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2986 | 0.8078 |
2017:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.4486 | 0.7123 |
2018:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6321 | 0.6838 |
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Blue Chip Financial Forecasts; Federal Reserve Board staff estimates.
Figure 3: Estimated Recession Probabilities
Period | Effective Lower Bound Period | Recession | Long-Term Spread Model | Near-Term Spread Model |
---|---|---|---|---|
1972:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0585 | 0.0016 |
1972:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1186 | 0.0036 |
1972:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1675 | 0.0081 |
1972:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.2374 | 0.0235 |
1973:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4502 | 0.1506 |
1973:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5504 | 0.104 |
1973:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7788 | 0.8804 |
1973:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0.5717 | 0.9496 |
1974:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0.4617 | 0.9533 |
1974:Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0.714 | 0.9133 |
1974:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0.7095 | 0.8207 |
1974:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0.5068 | 0.5039 |
1975:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0.1746 | 0.1108 |
1975:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1684 | 0.0046 |
1975:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3841 | 0.0133 |
1975:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.1672 | 0.0043 |
1976:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0937 | 0.0013 |
1976:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1315 | 0.0034 |
1976:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0809 | 0.0078 |
1976:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0276 | 0.0289 |
1977:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0519 | 0.0074 |
1977:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0488 | 0.0205 |
1977:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1331 | 0.0903 |
1977:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.2481 | 0.1604 |
1978:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2392 | 0.107 |
1978:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.349 | 0.067 |
1978:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4746 | 0.2017 |
1978:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.7427 | 0.7618 |
1979:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.7953 | 0.8206 |
1979:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.687 | 0.8204 |
1979:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.6899 | 0.9533 |
1979:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.8703 | 0.9983 |
1980:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0.9198 | 0.9942 |
1980:Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0.2955 | 0.7694 |
1980:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2393 | 0.0618 |
1980:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.7956 | 0.9988 |
1981:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6644 | 0.9997 |
1981:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.8573 | 0.9973 |
1981:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0.9319 | 0.9364 |
1981:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0.4402 | 0.0416 |
1982:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5856 | 0.2167 |
1982:Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0.6503 | 0.1597 |
1982:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0.3648 | 0 |
1982:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0.1322 | 0.0006 |
1983:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0579 | 0.0054 |
1983:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0868 | 0.0158 |
1983:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1061 | 0.0046 |
1983:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0592 | 0.0021 |
1984:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0626 | 0.0051 |
1984:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0979 | 0.0009 |
1984:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.267 | 0.0035 |
1984:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.1081 | 0.0014 |
1985:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.036 | 0.0003 |
1985:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0183 | 0.0003 |
1985:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0139 | 0.0003 |
1985:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0233 | 0.006 |
1986:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0876 | 0.0823 |
1986:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1437 | 0.029 |
1986:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0497 | 0.0202 |
1986:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0297 | 0.0408 |
1987:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0648 | 0.0989 |
1987:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0763 | 0.0069 |
1987:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0459 | 0.0052 |
1987:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0463 | 0.0028 |
1988:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0341 | 0.019 |
1988:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0436 | 0.0079 |
1988:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.124 | 0.0389 |
1988:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.2858 | 0.17 |
1989:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5585 | 0.2802 |
1989:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5312 | 0.4934 |
1989:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.403 | 0.5879 |
1989:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.3873 | 0.5779 |
1990:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.3852 | 0.281 |
1990:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.3644 | 0.1712 |
1990:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0.1611 | 0.1957 |
1990:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0.1108 | 0.1635 |
1991:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0573 | 0.0359 |
1991:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0316 | 0.0045 |
1991:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.016 | 0.0079 |
1991:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0025 | 0.0113 |
1992:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0013 | 0.0004 |
1992:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0006 | 0.0002 |
1992:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0001 | 0.0024 |
1992:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0003 | 0.0007 |
1993:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0005 | 0.0051 |
1993:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0011 | 0.0113 |
1993:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0059 | 0.0189 |
1993:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0089 | 0.0168 |
1994:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0103 | 0.0061 |
1994:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0298 | 0.0007 |
1994:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0456 | 0.0016 |
1994:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.1502 | 0.0015 |
1995:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2492 | 0.0181 |
1995:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.195 | 0.2093 |
1995:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1908 | 0.2115 |
1995:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.2342 | 0.3645 |
1996:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1352 | 0.2719 |
1996:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1501 | 0.0261 |
1996:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1737 | 0.0332 |
1996:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.1815 | 0.1069 |
1997:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1889 | 0.0666 |
1997:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2207 | 0.0447 |
1997:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2446 | 0.1296 |
1997:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.3291 | 0.2426 |
1998:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.3291 | 0.3831 |
1998:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.3749 | 0.2805 |
1998:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3779 | 0.4224 |
1998:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.247 | 0.4988 |
1999:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.248 | 0.2512 |
1999:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2096 | 0.1005 |
1999:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1899 | 0.0879 |
1999:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.217 | 0.1013 |
2000:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.3984 | 0.0824 |
2000:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5566 | 0.2089 |
2000:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.538 | 0.5303 |
2000:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.4577 | 0.8227 |
2001:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.6237 |
2001:Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0408 | 0.1088 |
2001:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0184 | 0.0906 |
2001:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0016 | 0.0063 |
2002:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0014 | 0.0004 |
2002:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0017 | 0.0003 |
2002:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0007 | 0.0554 |
2002:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0005 | 0.0637 |
2003:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0003 | 0.076 |
2003:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0006 | 0.1272 |
2003:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0001 | 0.029 |
2003:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0002 | 0.0138 |
2004:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0004 | 0.0315 |
2004:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0009 | 0.0016 |
2004:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0045 | 0.0143 |
2004:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0195 | 0.0525 |
2005:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0929 | 0.0441 |
2005:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1928 | 0.0885 |
2005:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3041 | 0.1834 |
2005:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.3545 | 0.2791 |
2006:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4391 | 0.4642 |
2006:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.3902 | 0.4491 |
2006:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4473 | 0.659 |
2006:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.4765 | 0.7454 |
2007:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4638 | 0.721 |
2007:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4082 | 0.6421 |
2007:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2528 | 0.6182 |
2007:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0945 | 0.6422 |
2008:Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0052 | 0.5632 |
2008:Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0.009 | 0.0872 |
2008:Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0092 | 0.1244 |
2008:Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0001 | 0.3983 |
2009:Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0005 | 0.1553 |
2009:Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0002 | 0.0306 |
2009:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0001 | 0.011 |
2009:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0001 | 0.0191 |
2010:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0156 |
2010:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0001 | 0.037 |
2010:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0007 | 0.1875 |
2010:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0004 | 0.2217 |
2011:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0001 | 0.0735 |
2011:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0001 | 0.1007 |
2011:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0014 | 0.29 |
2011:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0068 | 0.2895 |
2012:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0.008 | 0.3033 |
2012:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0194 | 0.3237 |
2012:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.3609 |
2012:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0262 | 0.3563 |
2013:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0111 | 0.3258 |
2013:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0103 | 0.277 |
2013:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0007 | 0.1673 |
2013:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0005 | 0.2294 |
2014:Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0006 | 0.1742 |
2014:Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0015 | 0.1318 |
2014:Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0039 | 0.0784 |
2014:Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0097 | 0.0825 |
2015:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0311 | 0.0671 |
2015:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0168 | 0.0715 |
2015:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0187 | 0.0751 |
2015:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0312 | 0.0885 |
2016:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.064 | 0.1625 |
2016:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0824 | 0.1854 |
2016:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1206 | 0.2331 |
2016:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0587 | 0.1204 |
2017:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0469 | 0.0791 |
2017:Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0877 | 0.2221 |
2017:Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1078 | 0.2573 |
2017:Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0.1667 | 0.1999 |
2018:Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1962 | 0.1411 |
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Federal Reserve Board staff estimates.
Last Update:
June 28, 2018