Which market indicators best forecast recessions? Accessible Data

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Figure 1: Estimated probabilities from the BMA model, zero- and twelve-month ahead forecasts

BMA, 0-month ahead Recession Probability Forecast

Date Forecast Recession Probability Recession Indicator
Apr-73 0.0032 0
May-73 0.1033 0
Jun-73 0.0473 0
Jul-73 0.0549 0
Aug-73 0.3510 0
Sep-73 0.2474 0
Oct-73 0.0506 0
Nov-73 0.0104 1
Dec-73 0.6453 1
Jan-74 0.7650 1
Feb-74 0.9386 1
Mar-74 0.4193 1
Apr-74 0.3078 1
May-74 0.2274 1
Jun-74 0.8024 1
Jul-74 0.9972 1
Aug-74 0.9989 1
Sep-74 0.9998 1
Oct-74 0.9996 1
Nov-74 1.0000 1
Dec-74 1.0000 1
Jan-75 1.0000 1
Feb-75 1.0000 1
Mar-75 0.9949 1
Apr-75 0.9804 0
May-75 0.0204 0
Jun-75 0.0027 0
Jul-75 0.0000 0
Aug-75 0.0002 0
Sep-75 0.0001 0
Oct-75 0.0002 0
Nov-75 0.0002 0
Dec-75 0.0000 0
Jan-76 0.0000 0
Feb-76 0.0000 0
Mar-76 0.0000 0
Apr-76 0.0001 0
May-76 0.0117 0
Jun-76 0.0381 0
Jul-76 0.0124 0
Aug-76 0.0015 0
Sep-76 0.0007 0
Oct-76 0.0093 0
Nov-76 0.0011 0
Dec-76 0.0002 0
Jan-77 0.0000 0
Feb-77 0.0030 0
Mar-77 0.0000 0
Apr-77 0.0000 0
May-77 0.0000 0
Jun-77 0.0000 0
Jul-77 0.0000 0
Aug-77 0.0001 0
Sep-77 0.0001 0
Oct-77 0.0003 0
Nov-77 0.0000 0
Dec-77 0.0002 0
Jan-78 0.0018 0
Feb-78 0.0030 0
Mar-78 0.0002 0
Apr-78 0.0000 0
May-78 0.0000 0
Jun-78 0.0000 0
Jul-78 0.0011 0
Aug-78 0.0013 0
Sep-78 0.0059 0
Oct-78 0.0018 0
Nov-78 0.0033 0
Dec-78 0.0070 0
Jan-79 0.0206 0
Feb-79 0.0457 0
Mar-79 0.0019 0
Apr-79 0.0518 0
May-79 0.0047 0
Jun-79 0.0064 0
Jul-79 0.0005 0
Aug-79 0.0749 0
Sep-79 0.4452 0
Oct-79 0.6310 0
Nov-79 0.7719 0
Dec-79 0.6907 0
Jan-80 0.2651 1
Feb-80 0.2878 1
Mar-80 0.9167 1
Apr-80 1.0000 1
May-80 1.0000 1
Jun-80 1.0000 1
Jul-80 0.9948 1
Aug-80 0.0545 0
Sep-80 0.0006 0
Oct-80 0.0000 0
Nov-80 0.0000 0
Dec-80 0.0016 0
Jan-81 0.0141 0
Feb-81 0.2839 0
Mar-81 0.1687 0
Apr-81 0.2269 0
May-81 0.3944 0
Jun-81 0.5990 0
Jul-81 0.8790 1
Aug-81 0.7654 1
Sep-81 0.9902 1
Oct-81 0.9969 1
Nov-81 0.9991 1
Dec-81 0.9994 1
Jan-82 0.9990 1
Feb-82 0.9867 1
Mar-82 0.9191 1
Apr-82 0.9083 1
May-82 0.9774 1
Jun-82 0.9991 1
Jul-82 0.9832 1
Aug-82 0.9985 1
Sep-82 0.9952 1
Oct-82 0.9928 1
Nov-82 0.4419 1
Dec-82 0.0346 0
Jan-83 0.0001 0
Feb-83 0.0004 0
Mar-83 0.0001 0
Apr-83 0.0011 0
May-83 0.0001 0
Jun-83 0.0000 0
Jul-83 0.0000 0
Aug-83 0.0001 0
Sep-83 0.0000 0
Oct-83 0.0000 0
Nov-83 0.0000 0
Dec-83 0.0000 0
Jan-84 0.0000 0
Feb-84 0.0000 0
Mar-84 0.0000 0
Apr-84 0.0003 0
May-84 0.0032 0
Jun-84 0.0014 0
Jul-84 0.0021 0
Aug-84 0.0014 0
Sep-84 0.0117 0
Oct-84 0.0149 0
Nov-84 0.0014 0
Dec-84 0.0007 0
Jan-85 0.0000 0
Feb-85 0.0003 0
Mar-85 0.0004 0
Apr-85 0.0040 0
May-85 0.0005 0
Jun-85 0.0021 0
Jul-85 0.0009 0
Aug-85 0.0035 0
Sep-85 0.0043 0
Oct-85 0.0067 0
Nov-85 0.0038 0
Dec-85 0.0014 0
Jan-86 0.0004 0
Feb-86 0.0004 0
Mar-86 0.0075 0
Apr-86 0.0143 0
May-86 0.0135 0
Jun-86 0.0089 0
Jul-86 0.0030 0
Aug-86 0.0073 0
Sep-86 0.0030 0
Oct-86 0.0058 0
Nov-86 0.0003 0
Dec-86 0.0003 0
Jan-87 0.0004 0
Feb-87 0.0002 0
Mar-87 0.0009 0
Apr-87 0.0003 0
May-87 0.0011 0
Jun-87 0.0011 0
Jul-87 0.0005 0
Aug-87 0.0003 0
Sep-87 0.0008 0
Oct-87 0.0897 0
Nov-87 0.0094 0
Dec-87 0.0189 0
Jan-88 0.0474 0
Feb-88 0.0030 0
Mar-88 0.0002 0
Apr-88 0.0002 0
May-88 0.0010 0
Jun-88 0.0014 0
Jul-88 0.0027 0
Aug-88 0.0075 0
Sep-88 0.0037 0
Oct-88 0.0005 0
Nov-88 0.0001 0
Dec-88 0.0002 0
Jan-89 0.0005 0
Feb-89 0.0033 0
Mar-89 0.0795 0
Apr-89 0.0401 0
May-89 0.0404 0
Jun-89 0.0187 0
Jul-89 0.1463 0
Aug-89 0.0287 0
Sep-89 0.0182 0
Oct-89 0.0316 0
Nov-89 0.0088 0
Dec-89 0.0076 0
Jan-90 0.0011 0
Feb-90 0.0057 0
Mar-90 0.0014 0
Apr-90 0.0265 0
May-90 0.0093 0
Jun-90 0.0308 0
Jul-90 0.0357 1
Aug-90 0.4690 1
Sep-90 0.8643 1
Oct-90 0.9840 1
Nov-90 0.9855 1
Dec-90 0.9794 1
Jan-91 0.9293 1
Feb-91 0.7044 1
Mar-91 0.6853 1
Apr-91 0.5250 0
May-91 0.0778 0
Jun-91 0.0105 0
Jul-91 0.0018 0
Aug-91 0.0052 0
Sep-91 0.0149 0
Oct-91 0.0615 0
Nov-91 0.0674 0
Dec-91 0.1586 0
Jan-92 0.0125 0
Feb-92 0.0085 0
Mar-92 0.0030 0
Apr-92 0.0053 0
May-92 0.0012 0
Jun-92 0.0016 0
Jul-92 0.0027 0
Aug-92 0.0072 0
Sep-92 0.0031 0
Oct-92 0.0011 0
Nov-92 0.0001 0
Dec-92 0.0000 0
Jan-93 0.0000 0
Feb-93 0.0001 0
Mar-93 0.0045 0
Apr-93 0.0068 0
May-93 0.0037 0
Jun-93 0.0002 0
Jul-93 0.0002 0
Aug-93 0.0008 0
Sep-93 0.0002 0
Oct-93 0.0007 0
Nov-93 0.0002 0
Dec-93 0.0002 0
Jan-94 0.0001 0
Feb-94 0.0011 0
Mar-94 0.0005 0
Apr-94 0.0003 0
May-94 0.0001 0
Jun-94 0.0003 0
Jul-94 0.0004 0
Aug-94 0.0001 0
Sep-94 0.0001 0
Oct-94 0.0002 0
Nov-94 0.0002 0
Dec-94 0.0003 0
Jan-95 0.0004 0
Feb-95 0.0012 0
Mar-95 0.0041 0
Apr-95 0.0068 0
May-95 0.0162 0
Jun-95 0.0093 0
Jul-95 0.0104 0
Aug-95 0.0008 0
Sep-95 0.0010 0
Oct-95 0.0015 0
Nov-95 0.0038 0
Dec-95 0.0033 0
Jan-96 0.0086 0
Feb-96 0.0014 0
Mar-96 0.0018 0
Apr-96 0.0004 0
May-96 0.0001 0
Jun-96 0.0001 0
Jul-96 0.0001 0
Aug-96 0.0004 0
Sep-96 0.0009 0
Oct-96 0.0012 0
Nov-96 0.0007 0
Dec-96 0.0017 0
Jan-97 0.0007 0
Feb-97 0.0003 0
Mar-97 0.0001 0
Apr-97 0.0003 0
May-97 0.0008 0
Jun-97 0.0015 0
Jul-97 0.0003 0
Aug-97 0.0007 0
Sep-97 0.0004 0
Oct-97 0.0003 0
Nov-97 0.0001 0
Dec-97 0.0003 0
Jan-98 0.0009 0
Feb-98 0.0005 0
Mar-98 0.0010 0
Apr-98 0.0008 0
May-98 0.0004 0
Jun-98 0.0010 0
Jul-98 0.0070 0
Aug-98 0.0073 0
Sep-98 0.0019 0
Oct-98 0.0004 0
Nov-98 0.0010 0
Dec-98 0.0008 0
Jan-99 0.0037 0
Feb-99 0.0003 0
Mar-99 0.0009 0
Apr-99 0.0002 0
May-99 0.0010 0
Jun-99 0.0005 0
Jul-99 0.0003 0
Aug-99 0.0015 0
Sep-99 0.0023 0
Oct-99 0.0049 0
Nov-99 0.0003 0
Dec-99 0.0002 0
Jan-00 0.0004 0
Feb-00 0.0039 0
Mar-00 0.0007 0
Apr-00 0.0003 0
May-00 0.0009 0
Jun-00 0.0204 0
Jul-00 0.0761 0
Aug-00 0.1078 0
Sep-00 0.0456 0
Oct-00 0.0645 0
Nov-00 0.0255 0
Dec-00 0.2543 0
Jan-01 0.1875 0
Feb-01 0.3265 0
Mar-01 0.6822 1
Apr-01 0.8586 1
May-01 0.4569 1
Jun-01 0.4437 1
Jul-01 0.2001 1
Aug-01 0.2288 1
Sep-01 0.7918 1
Oct-01 0.8946 1
Nov-01 0.9018 1
Dec-01 0.3262 0
Jan-02 0.0176 0
Feb-02 0.0121 0
Mar-02 0.0091 0
Apr-02 0.2039 0
May-02 0.0905 0
Jun-02 0.0306 0
Jul-02 0.0109 0
Aug-02 0.0155 0
Sep-02 0.2483 0
Oct-02 0.1218 0
Nov-02 0.0295 0
Dec-02 0.0187 0
Jan-03 0.0126 0
Feb-03 0.1675 0
Mar-03 0.2574 0
Apr-03 0.3237 0
May-03 0.0930 0
Jun-03 0.0069 0
Jul-03 0.0045 0
Aug-03 0.0018 0
Sep-03 0.0022 0
Oct-03 0.0007 0
Nov-03 0.0008 0
Dec-03 0.0003 0
Jan-04 0.0006 0
Feb-04 0.0027 0
Mar-04 0.0008 0
Apr-04 0.0007 0
May-04 0.0001 0
Jun-04 0.0022 0
Jul-04 0.0042 0
Aug-04 0.0166 0
Sep-04 0.0016 0
Oct-04 0.0009 0
Nov-04 0.0005 0
Dec-04 0.0007 0
Jan-05 0.0062 0
Feb-05 0.0007 0
Mar-05 0.0024 0
Apr-05 0.0005 0
May-05 0.0038 0
Jun-05 0.0009 0
Jul-05 0.0006 0
Aug-05 0.0003 0
Sep-05 0.0343 0
Oct-05 0.3435 0
Nov-05 0.0064 0
Dec-05 0.0002 0
Jan-06 0.0000 0
Feb-06 0.0001 0
Mar-06 0.0002 0
Apr-06 0.0013 0
May-06 0.1120 0
Jun-06 0.0865 0
Jul-06 0.0626 0
Aug-06 0.0031 0
Sep-06 0.0067 0
Oct-06 0.0069 0
Nov-06 0.0124 0
Dec-06 0.0070 0
Jan-07 0.0036 0
Feb-07 0.0023 0
Mar-07 0.0039 0
Apr-07 0.0058 0
May-07 0.0034 0
Jun-07 0.0226 0
Jul-07 0.0266 0
Aug-07 0.4102 0
Sep-07 0.2731 0
Oct-07 0.1534 0
Nov-07 0.4825 0
Dec-07 0.6842 1
Jan-08 0.5265 1
Feb-08 0.5770 1
Mar-08 0.8426 1
Apr-08 0.8914 1
May-08 0.7331 1
Jun-08 0.7955 1
Jul-08 0.9731 1
Aug-08 0.9957 1
Sep-08 1.0000 1
Oct-08 1.0000 1
Nov-08 1.0000 1
Dec-08 1.0000 1
Jan-09 1.0000 1
Feb-09 1.0000 1
Mar-09 1.0000 1
Apr-09 1.0000 1
May-09 0.9939 1
Jun-09 0.8213 1
Jul-09 0.3136 0
Aug-09 0.0608 0
Sep-09 0.0720 0
Oct-09 0.0628 0
Nov-09 0.0624 0
Dec-09 0.0084 0
Jan-10 0.0063 0
Feb-10 0.0339 0
Mar-10 0.0053 0
Apr-10 0.0023 0
May-10 0.0004 0
Jun-10 0.0032 0
Jul-10 0.0087 0
Aug-10 0.1367 0
Sep-10 0.0315 0
Oct-10 0.0052 0
Nov-10 0.0008 0
Dec-10 0.0003 0
Jan-11 0.0013 0
Feb-11 0.0026 0
Mar-11 0.0026 0
Apr-11 0.0008 0
May-11 0.0055 0
Jun-11 0.0098 0
Jul-11 0.0068 0
Aug-11 0.0092 0
Sep-11 0.0127 0
Oct-11 0.0039 0
Nov-11 0.0016 0
Dec-11 0.0007 0
Jan-12 0.0004 0
Feb-12 0.0001 0
Mar-12 0.0002 0
Apr-12 0.0024 0
May-12 0.0169 0
Jun-12 0.0400 0
Jul-12 0.0075 0
Aug-12 0.0061 0
Sep-12 0.0024 0
Oct-12 0.0046 0
Nov-12 0.0107 0
Dec-12 0.0021 0
Jan-13 0.0006 0
Feb-13 0.0001 0
Mar-13 0.0003 0
Apr-13 0.0015 0
May-13 0.0013 0
Jun-13 0.0039 0
Jul-13 0.0023 0
Aug-13 0.0032 0
Sep-13 0.0004 0
Oct-13 0.0014 0
Nov-13 0.0007 0
Dec-13 0.0069 0
Jan-14 0.0018 0
Feb-14 0.0042 0
Mar-14 0.0004 0
Apr-14 0.0002 0
May-14 0.0004 0
Jun-14 0.0004 0
Jul-14 0.0005 0
Aug-14 0.0002 0
Sep-14 0.0004 0
Oct-14 0.0005 0
Nov-14 0.0002 0
Dec-14 0.0004 0
Jan-15 0.0016 0
Feb-15 0.0016 0
Mar-15 0.0051 0
Apr-15 0.0013 0
May-15 0.0008 0
Jun-15 0.0004 0
Jul-15 0.0014 0
Aug-15 0.0039 0
Sep-15 0.0125 0
Oct-15 0.0017 0
Nov-15 0.0017 0
Dec-15 0.0022 0
Jan-16 0.0208 0
Feb-16 0.0062 0
Mar-16 0.0031 0
Apr-16 0.0010 0
May-16 0.0143 0
Jun-16 0.0137
Jul-16 0.0174
Aug-16 0.0252
Sep-16 0.0270
Oct-16 0.0304
Nov-16 0.0338
Dec-16 0.0506
Jan-17 0.0544
Feb-17 0.0500
Mar-17 0.0594
Apr-17 0.0784
May-17 0.0966

BMA, 12-month ahead Recession Probability Forecast

date forecast recession probability recession indicator
Apr-74 0.3849 1
May-74 0.3397 1
Jun-74 0.6657 1
Jul-74 0.7194 1
Aug-74 0.8531 1
Sep-74 0.7636 1
Oct-74 0.5983 1
Nov-74 0.7664 1
Dec-74 0.6240 1
Jan-75 0.6286 1
Feb-75 0.4814 1
Mar-75 0.7253 1
Apr-75 0.7241 0
May-75 0.5703 0
Jun-75 0.4880 0
Jul-75 0.4539 0
Aug-75 0.6567 0
Sep-75 0.3674 0
Oct-75 0.3575 0
Nov-75 0.4310 0
Dec-75 0.4383 0
Jan-76 0.1126 0
Feb-76 0.0532 0
Mar-76 0.0397 0
Apr-76 0.0260 0
May-76 0.0206 0
Jun-76 0.0261 0
Jul-76 0.0515 0
Aug-76 0.0549 0
Sep-76 0.0503 0
Oct-76 0.0351 0
Nov-76 0.0209 0
Dec-76 0.0184 0
Jan-77 0.0105 0
Feb-77 0.0129 0
Mar-77 0.0139 0
Apr-77 0.0147 0
May-77 0.0183 0
Jun-77 0.0247 0
Jul-77 0.0204 0
Aug-77 0.0154 0
Sep-77 0.0181 0
Oct-77 0.0159 0
Nov-77 0.0124 0
Dec-77 0.0149 0
Jan-78 0.0134 0
Feb-78 0.0110 0
Mar-78 0.0120 0
Apr-78 0.0102 0
May-78 0.0174 0
Jun-78 0.0205 0
Jul-78 0.0259 0
Aug-78 0.0376 0
Sep-78 0.0508 0
Oct-78 0.0747 0
Nov-78 0.0658 0
Dec-78 0.0675 0
Jan-79 0.0766 0
Feb-79 0.0552 0
Mar-79 0.0407 0
Apr-79 0.0369 0
May-79 0.0395 0
Jun-79 0.0523 0
Jul-79 0.0721 0
Aug-79 0.1143 0
Sep-79 0.2644 0
Oct-79 0.2403 0
Nov-79 0.3894 0
Dec-79 0.4242 0
Jan-80 0.4434 1
Feb-80 0.4668 1
Mar-80 0.5300 1
Apr-80 0.5117 1
May-80 0.5392 1
Jun-80 0.3980 1
Jul-80 0.4518 1
Aug-80 0.4781 0
Sep-80 0.6777 0
Oct-80 0.7899 0
Nov-80 0.7011 0
Dec-80 0.8062 0
Jan-81 0.7242 0
Feb-81 0.6613 0
Mar-81 0.9601 0
Apr-81 0.7727 0
May-81 0.0339 0
Jun-81 0.0135 0
Jul-81 0.0477 1
Aug-81 0.0675 1
Sep-81 0.1553 1
Oct-81 0.4144 1
Nov-81 0.8513 1
Dec-81 0.9753 1
Jan-82 0.9658 1
Feb-82 0.8795 1
Mar-82 0.5052 1
Apr-82 0.5602 1
May-82 0.9736 1
Jun-82 0.8607 1
Jul-82 0.7238 1
Aug-82 0.7363 1
Sep-82 0.3899 1
Oct-82 0.1364 1
Nov-82 0.0389 1
Dec-82 0.0243 0
Jan-83 0.0581 0
Feb-83 0.2327 0
Mar-83 0.1951 0
Apr-83 0.2298 0
May-83 0.1480 0
Jun-83 0.1020 0
Jul-83 0.0424 0
Aug-83 0.0026 0
Sep-83 0.0025 0
Oct-83 0.0068 0
Nov-83 0.0176 0
Dec-83 0.0197 0
Jan-84 0.0159 0
Feb-84 0.0296 0
Mar-84 0.0270 0
Apr-84 0.0222 0
May-84 0.0213 0
Jun-84 0.0308 0
Jul-84 0.0307 0
Aug-84 0.0274 0
Sep-84 0.0172 0
Oct-84 0.0148 0
Nov-84 0.0177 0
Dec-84 0.0322 0
Jan-85 0.0149 0
Feb-85 0.0257 0
Mar-85 0.0242 0
Apr-85 0.0223 0
May-85 0.0053 0
Jun-85 0.0044 0
Jul-85 0.0075 0
Aug-85 0.0265 0
Sep-85 0.0274 0
Oct-85 0.0208 0
Nov-85 0.0080 0
Dec-85 0.0040 0
Jan-86 0.0029 0
Feb-86 0.0045 0
Mar-86 0.0039 0
Apr-86 0.0037 0
May-86 0.0046 0
Jun-86 0.0059 0
Jul-86 0.0053 0
Aug-86 0.0060 0
Sep-86 0.0049 0
Oct-86 0.0085 0
Nov-86 0.0196 0
Dec-86 0.0344 0
Jan-87 0.0278 0
Feb-87 0.0704 0
Mar-87 0.1760 0
Apr-87 0.1429 0
May-87 0.0738 0
Jun-87 0.0609 0
Jul-87 0.0644 0
Aug-87 0.0735 0
Sep-87 0.0194 0
Oct-87 0.0193 0
Nov-87 0.0318 0
Dec-87 0.0597 0
Jan-88 0.0762 0
Feb-88 0.0761 0
Mar-88 0.0902 0
Apr-88 0.0249 0
May-88 0.0141 0
Jun-88 0.0161 0
Jul-88 0.0147 0
Aug-88 0.0161 0
Sep-88 0.0140 0
Oct-88 0.0092 0
Nov-88 0.0145 0
Dec-88 0.0113 0
Jan-89 0.0158 0
Feb-89 0.0168 0
Mar-89 0.0125 0
Apr-89 0.0122 0
May-89 0.0115 0
Jun-89 0.0235 0
Jul-89 0.0191 0
Aug-89 0.0238 0
Sep-89 0.0478 0
Oct-89 0.1006 0
Nov-89 0.1632 0
Dec-89 0.2181 0
Jan-90 0.2227 0
Feb-90 0.2238 0
Mar-90 0.2333 0
Apr-90 0.2787 0
May-90 0.2581 0
Jun-90 0.3267 0
Jul-90 0.3339 1
Aug-90 0.2963 1
Sep-90 0.2363 1
Oct-90 0.2581 1
Nov-90 0.3435 1
Dec-90 0.3621 1
Jan-91 0.2438 1
Feb-91 0.1854 1
Mar-91 0.1724 1
Apr-91 0.0955 0
May-91 0.1009 0
Jun-91 0.1554 0
Jul-91 0.1414 0
Aug-91 0.0835 0
Sep-91 0.0569 0
Oct-91 0.0688 0
Nov-91 0.0891 0
Dec-91 0.0763 0
Jan-92 0.0307 0
Feb-92 0.0272 0
Mar-92 0.0177 0
Apr-92 0.0149 0
May-92 0.0099 0
Jun-92 0.0118 0
Jul-92 0.0128 0
Aug-92 0.0138 0
Sep-92 0.0234 0
Oct-92 0.0205 0
Nov-92 0.0090 0
Dec-92 0.0066 0
Jan-93 0.0037 0
Feb-93 0.0033 0
Mar-93 0.0034 0
Apr-93 0.0021 0
May-93 0.0023 0
Jun-93 0.0028 0
Jul-93 0.0026 0
Aug-93 0.0034 0
Sep-93 0.0023 0
Oct-93 0.0014 0
Nov-93 0.0016 0
Dec-93 0.0025 0
Jan-94 0.0024 0
Feb-94 0.0035 0
Mar-94 0.0046 0
Apr-94 0.0044 0
May-94 0.0049 0
Jun-94 0.0064 0
Jul-94 0.0069 0
Aug-94 0.0087 0
Sep-94 0.0124 0
Oct-94 0.0159 0
Nov-94 0.0096 0
Dec-94 0.0104 0
Jan-95 0.0087 0
Feb-95 0.0085 0
Mar-95 0.0065 0
Apr-95 0.0049 0
May-95 0.0098 0
Jun-95 0.0095 0
Jul-95 0.0106 0
Aug-95 0.0125 0
Sep-95 0.0129 0
Oct-95 0.0141 0
Nov-95 0.0178 0
Dec-95 0.0274 0
Jan-96 0.0322 0
Feb-96 0.0520 0
Mar-96 0.0686 0
Apr-96 0.0901 0
May-96 0.1285 0
Jun-96 0.1425 0
Jul-96 0.1209 0
Aug-96 0.0728 0
Sep-96 0.0890 0
Oct-96 0.1115 0
Nov-96 0.1525 0
Dec-96 0.1545 0
Jan-97 0.1232 0
Feb-97 0.0759 0
Mar-97 0.0514 0
Apr-97 0.0390 0
May-97 0.0339 0
Jun-97 0.0386 0
Jul-97 0.0418 0
Aug-97 0.0522 0
Sep-97 0.0393 0
Oct-97 0.0475 0
Nov-97 0.0896 0
Dec-97 0.0693 0
Jan-98 0.0537 0
Feb-98 0.0516 0
Mar-98 0.0439 0
Apr-98 0.0371 0
May-98 0.0481 0
Jun-98 0.0532 0
Jul-98 0.1010 0
Aug-98 0.0808 0
Sep-98 0.0624 0
Oct-98 0.1046 0
Nov-98 0.1522 0
Dec-98 0.1506 0
Jan-99 0.1770 0
Feb-99 0.1840 0
Mar-99 0.1707 0
Apr-99 0.1298 0
May-99 0.1170 0
Jun-99 0.1310 0
Jul-99 0.1537 0
Aug-99 0.2344 0
Sep-99 0.3094 0
Oct-99 0.2371 0
Nov-99 0.2661 0
Dec-99 0.2608 0
Jan-00 0.2080 0
Feb-00 0.1606 0
Mar-00 0.1077 0
Apr-00 0.0832 0
May-00 0.0883 0
Jun-00 0.0732 0
Jul-00 0.0801 0
Aug-00 0.1017 0
Sep-00 0.1066 0
Oct-00 0.1256 0
Nov-00 0.1807 0
Dec-00 0.1325 0
Jan-01 0.1193 0
Feb-01 0.1896 0
Mar-01 0.3210 1
Apr-01 0.3718 1
May-01 0.3056 1
Jun-01 0.4215 1
Jul-01 0.5796 1
Aug-01 0.7018 1
Sep-01 0.6249 1
Oct-01 0.7442 1
Nov-01 0.7911 1
Dec-01 0.7741 0
Jan-02 0.5790 0
Feb-02 0.4742 0
Mar-02 0.3515 0
Apr-02 0.1250 0
May-02 0.0627 0
Jun-02 0.0695 0
Jul-02 0.0769 0
Aug-02 0.1059 0
Sep-02 0.0797 0
Oct-02 0.0325 0
Nov-02 0.0156 0
Dec-02 0.0063 0
Jan-03 0.0090 0
Feb-03 0.0121 0
Mar-03 0.0067 0
Apr-03 0.0072 0
May-03 0.0108 0
Jun-03 0.0253 0
Jul-03 0.0578 0
Aug-03 0.0532 0
Sep-03 0.1111 0
Oct-03 0.0796 0
Nov-03 0.0341 0
Dec-03 0.0342 0
Jan-04 0.0358 0
Feb-04 0.0370 0
Mar-04 0.0272 0
Apr-04 0.0154 0
May-04 0.0347 0
Jun-04 0.0333 0
Jul-04 0.0119 0
Aug-04 0.0054 0
Sep-04 0.0068 0
Oct-04 0.0076 0
Nov-04 0.0088 0
Dec-04 0.0097 0
Jan-05 0.0097 0
Feb-05 0.0117 0
Mar-05 0.0141 0
Apr-05 0.0057 0
May-05 0.0041 0
Jun-05 0.0058 0
Jul-05 0.0092 0
Aug-05 0.0162 0
Sep-05 0.0210 0
Oct-05 0.0234 0
Nov-05 0.0348 0
Dec-05 0.0462 0
Jan-06 0.0561 0
Feb-06 0.0558 0
Mar-06 0.0557 0
Apr-06 0.0726 0
May-06 0.0978 0
Jun-06 0.1230 0
Jul-06 0.1187 0
Aug-06 0.1649 0
Sep-06 0.2411 0
Oct-06 0.2593 0
Nov-06 0.2385 0
Dec-06 0.2393 0
Jan-07 0.3754 0
Feb-07 0.3951 0
Mar-07 0.3455 0
Apr-07 0.2703 0
May-07 0.3089 0
Jun-07 0.3274 0
Jul-07 0.3823 0
Aug-07 0.4417 0
Sep-07 0.4133 0
Oct-07 0.4183 0
Nov-07 0.4683 0
Dec-07 0.4709 1
Jan-08 0.4103 1
Feb-08 0.4677 1
Mar-08 0.4729 1
Apr-08 0.4489 1
May-08 0.3807 1
Jun-08 0.2516 1
Jul-08 0.4382 1
Aug-08 0.2980 1
Sep-08 0.2690 1
Oct-08 0.2702 1
Nov-08 0.2831 1
Dec-08 0.1774 1
Jan-09 0.2508 1
Feb-09 0.1142 1
Mar-09 0.0734 1
Apr-09 0.0477 1
May-09 0.0707 1
Jun-09 0.0873 1
Jul-09 0.0657 0
Aug-09 0.0739 0
Sep-09 0.0551 0
Oct-09 0.0606 0
Nov-09 0.0729 0
Dec-09 0.2082 0
Jan-10 0.1273 0
Feb-10 0.1077 0
Mar-10 0.1188 0
Apr-10 0.0835 0
May-10 0.0528 0
Jun-10 0.0308 0
Jul-10 0.0237 0
Aug-10 0.0187 0
Sep-10 0.0163 0
Oct-10 0.0163 0
Nov-10 0.0144 0
Dec-10 0.0077 0
Jan-11 0.0066 0
Feb-11 0.0061 0
Mar-11 0.0062 0
Apr-11 0.0046 0
May-11 0.0083 0
Jun-11 0.0107 0
Jul-11 0.0160 0
Aug-11 0.0471 0
Sep-11 0.0412 0
Oct-11 0.0441 0
Nov-11 0.0299 0
Dec-11 0.0120 0
Jan-12 0.0104 0
Feb-12 0.0078 0
Mar-12 0.0086 0
Apr-12 0.0082 0
May-12 0.0105 0
Jun-12 0.0141 0
Jul-12 0.0121 0
Aug-12 0.0465 0
Sep-12 0.0721 0
Oct-12 0.0467 0
Nov-12 0.0648 0
Dec-12 0.0792 0
Jan-13 0.0736 0
Feb-13 0.0694 0
Mar-13 0.0547 0
Apr-13 0.0702 0
May-13 0.1144 0
Jun-13 0.1144 0
Jul-13 0.1238 0
Aug-13 0.1002 0
Sep-13 0.1157 0
Oct-13 0.0938 0
Nov-13 0.0993 0
Dec-13 0.0807 0
Jan-14 0.0546 0
Feb-14 0.0543 0
Mar-14 0.0458 0
Apr-14 0.0619 0
May-14 0.0439 0
Jun-14 0.0326 0
Jul-14 0.0193 0
Aug-14 0.0169 0
Sep-14 0.0166 0
Oct-14 0.0222 0
Nov-14 0.0179 0
Dec-14 0.0117 0
Jan-15 0.0107 0
Feb-15 0.0146 0
Mar-15 0.0147 0
Apr-15 0.0140 0
May-15 0.0171 0
Jun-15 0.0149 0
Jul-15 0.0173 0
Aug-15 0.0217 0
Sep-15 0.0175 0
Oct-15 0.0261 0
Nov-15 0.0274 0
Dec-15 0.0319 0
Jan-16 0.0436 0
Feb-16 0.0365 0
Mar-16 0.0341 0
Apr-16 0.0434 0
May-16 0.0345 0
Jun-16 0.0371
Jul-16 0.0301
Aug-16 0.0389
Sep-16 0.0377
Oct-16 0.0469
Nov-16 0.0396
Dec-16 0.0488
Jan-17 0.0588
Feb-17 0.1060
Mar-17 0.0881
Apr-17 0.0962
May-17 0.0966

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Figure 2: The evolution of recession risk

date unconditional probability November February May
2015-11-30 15 0.17
2015-12-30 15 0.21
2016-01-30 15 0.06
2016-03-01 15 0.00 0.65
2016-03-30 15 0.00 3.37
2016-04-30 15 0.01 1.77
2016-05-30 15 0.69 0.01 1.58
2016-06-30 15 2.99 0.01 3.03
2016-07-30 15 1.13 0.04 1.81
2016-08-30 15 0.83 5.83 0.05
2016-09-30 15 1.07 17.30 0.01
2016-10-30 15 2.23 6.09 0.03
2016-11-30 15 3.98 4.17 0.99
2016-12-30 15 4.75 4.92
2017-01-30 15 8.24 5.47
2017-03-02 15 10.67 5.07
2017-03-30 15 6.00
2017-04-30 15 7.88
2017-05-30 15 9.67

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