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Recession Shading

A recession begins just after the economy reaches a peak of activity and ends as the economy reaches its trough. Between trough and peak, the economy is in expansion.

ClosedApply Recession Shading

Turn on/off recession shading

  • Click Recession Shading from the Graph Settings toolbar
  • Go to Graph > Recession Options > Recession Shading
  • R

Example

U.S. recession shading applied to LANAGRA@USECON.

ClosedApply Recession Lines

Turn on/off recession lines

  • Go to Graph > Recession Options > Recession Lines
  • ALT + R

Example

U.S. recession lines applied to LANAGRA@USECON.

ClosedChange Default Recession Country

The default recession shading uses U.S. peaks/troughs.

Temporarily change recession country

This will apply to the current session of DLXVG3 and this country's recession will be applied to all active graphs with recession toggled on.

  1. Go to Graph > Recession Options > Recession Country or Custom Recession
  2. Select the country or custom recession

Change default recession country

  1. Go to Tools > Options
  2. Select Recession on the left
  3. Change the default recession country from the drop-down list

The recession does not change automatically based on the data source. You must manually change the recession country as explained above to match the data source. You can now set a custom recession as your default recession.

ClosedCreate, Apply, Modify, or Delete a Custom Recession

Create a custom recession

  1. Go to Graph > Recession Options > Custom Recession > Create
  2. Specify the peak and trough in 4-digit year and 2-digit month format (YYYYMM)
  3. Enter the name of this custom recession in Recession Name

Right click on the table to add/delete/insert more peaks/troughs. You can also copy and paste.

Apply a custom recession

  1. Go to Graph > Recession Options > Custom Recession
  2. Click the name of the recession you want to apply

Modify a custom recession

  1. Go to Graph > Recession Options > Custom Recession > Modify Custom Recession
  2. Select the custom recession you wish to modify from the drop down list
  3. Edit the values
  4. Click OK or ENTER

Remove a custom recession

  1. Go to Graph > Recession Options > Custom Recession > Remove Custom Recession
  2. Select the custom recession you wish to remove from the list
  3. Click OK or ENTER
ClosedShare a Custom Recession

Custom recessions can be shared by exporting/importing them into DLXVG3.

Export a custom recession

  1. Go to Graph > Recession Options > Export
  2. Select the custom recession
  3. Click on the folder icon
  4. Enter a name for the file, select the desired folder, then click Open
  5. Click Export

Recession files are saved with a .rec extension.

Import a custom recession

  1. Go to Graph > Recession Options > Import
  2. Browse to the folder of the custom recession file
  3. Select the .rec file
  4. Click OK or ENTER