| Trigger,Period,Duration,Time since previous recession,Unemployment rate,GDP decline rate | |
| Great Recession,Dec 2007–June 2009,1 year6 months,6 years 1 month,10.0%,−5.1% | |
| Early 1990s recession,July 1990–Mar 1991,8 months,7 years 8 months,7.8%,−1.4% | |
| Recession of 1960–61,Apr 1960–Feb 1961,10 months,,7.1%, | |
| Recession of 1949,Nov 1948–Oct 1949,11 months,,7.9%,−1.7% | |
| Recession of 1937–1938,May 1937–June 1938,1 year 1 month,4 years 2 months,17.8%–19.0%,−18.2% | |
| Recession of 1958,Aug 1957–April 1958,8 months,3 years 3 months,7.5%,−3.7% | |
| Great Depression,Aug 1929–Mar 1933,3 years 7 months,1 year 9 months,21.3%–24.9%,−26.7% | |
| 1973–75 recession,Nov 1973–Mar 1975,1 year4 months,3 years,9.0%,−3.2% | |
| Early 2000s recession,Mar 2001–Nov 2001,8 months,10 years,6.3%,−0.3% | |
| Recession of 1953,July 1953–May 1954,,,, | |
| Early 1980s recession in the United States,Jan 1980–July 1980,6 months,4 years 10 months,7.8%,−2.2% | |
| COVID-19 recession,,2 years 2 months,10 years 8 months,14.7%,−19.2% | |
| Recession of 1969–70,Dec 1969–Nov 1970,11 months,8 years 10 months,6.1%, | |