Selected Press Coverage

Double Dip watch, 2011:
"Recession Gatekeepers: How a Economic Downturn is Determined," ABC News, Sept. 26, 2011.
"Odds of U.S. Recession Seen Rising by Academic Panel Majority," Bloomberg, Aug 3, 2011.

Recovery watch, 2010:
"The Recession is Over," The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Sept.22, 2010.

Recession Measurement,” C-span, September 21, 2010.
"Longest Recession Since 1930s Ended in June 2009, Group Says," LA Times, Sept.20, 2010.
"Who Decides When the Recession Ends?"  National Journal Expert Blogs, April 19, 2010.
"NBER Committee Holds Off Declaring 2009 End of Recession Until It Is Sure,links to April 12, 2010, reporting by ABC, Business WeekNew YorkerWSJNY Times, TimeNational Journal,AtlanticLA TimesMiami Herald...
"These Guys Call the End of the Recession," The New York Observer, Sept.23, 2009

Recession watch, 2008:


Harvard Prof. Jeffrey Frankel About the Recession” CNBC
, Dec.2, 2008.  

"Recession Began a Year Ago, Making It Longest Since Early '80s, Panel Says,"Wall Street Journal, Dec.2
"How The Recession Compares To Other Downturns," All Things Considered,  NPR, Dec.2
"NBER Declares Official Recession,"  Harvard Crimson, Dec. 2, 2008   
"Cambridge group pegs recession on big job losses: 'R’ word now official," Boston Herald , Dec2
"Even Bernanke can't say what's next," GlobeAndMail.com, Dec. 2  
"Recession Dating: Some People Are Going to Be Surprised,"  EconBrowser

, Dec. 2.
Stocks Pummeled as Recession Becomes Official," PBS Newshour, Dec. 1
" NBER Says Recession Began in Dec.2007," CNBC, Dec. 1.
"Recession Started in December 2007: Panel" Reuters/MSNBC, Dec.1, 2008
"Recession Dating: When in Doubt, Wait for a Crisis," Real Time Economics, Wall Street Journal
"U.S. Recession Started in 2007, Longest Since 1980s,"  Bloomberg.com, Dec. 1            
"Recession shadows next president's economic aims," Malaysia Star, Oct. 30 
"U.S. in 'serious recession'"  Straits Times, Nov. 11, 2008
"Recession arbiter is sifting GDP, jobs data,"   MarketWatch, WSJ.com, Nov. 6
"Specialists: Inaction on Bailout Will Bring PainThe Boston Globe, Oct. 1
"Econ Professors Lament Financial Crisis," The Harvard Crimson, Sept. 18
"Recession Uncertain, Says NBER Economist,"  MoneyNews, Aug. 28, 2008
"Jobs data, GDP, Stoke doubt over recession - The official recession call," MSNBC, Aug.1
"Why so long to call a recession?"  Business Week, May 19, 2008
"If it feels like a recession..."  All Things ConsideredNPR, Feb.15, 2008  
"NBER BCDC members weigh in"  Wall Street Journal, Jan.24, 2008

Official BCDC Announcements: 

"Announcement of June 2009 Business Cycle Trough / End of Last Recession" Sept.20, 2010.

"No Trough Announced,"  April 12, 2010.

Determination of the December 2007 Peak in Economic Activity, Dec. 1, 2008

NBER's Recession Dating Procedures  Jan. 7, 2008  

Committee declares end of 2001 recession
  July 17, 2003    pic
Announcement of start of the last recession  Nov. 26, 2001

Chronology of US Business Cycle Expansions/Contractions
 



BCDC meeting, April 8, 2010