Cycle’s start | End | Duration | Peaks | Troughs | Joker |
1951 | 1956 | 6 years | 1951:1 year 1956:1 year | 1952-1955: 4 years | 1951 Korean war; 1st Suez Canal’s closure 1956 |
1967 1970 | 1970 1974 | 4 years 5 years | 1967: 1 year 1970:1 year 1973-1974: 2 years | 1968-1969: 2 years 1971-1972: 2 years | 2nd Suez Canal closure the 6 days war; The Yom Kippur war |
1980 1989 1995 | 1989 1995 2004 | 10 years 7 years 10 years | 1980:5 years; 4 years 1995 2004 2007 13 years | 1982-86: 5 years; 1992-4: 3 years 1997-2002: 6 years | Iranian revolution. Iran-Iraq war. Dot.com. crisis Kuwait war; Asian crisis; China’s boom; |
2005 | 2008 | 4 years | 2003-2008: 6 years |
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2009 | 2013 | 5 years |
| 2009-13: 5 years | Sub-prime house loans crisis 2008-13 |
2020 | 2021 | 1 year |
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| COVID-19 pandemic |