Keywords: Early-80s recession.jpg Early 1980s recession in the United States Blue line is Percent Change From Preceding Period in Real Gross Domestic Product annualized; seasonally adjusted Red line is Average GDP growth 1947 “2009 Data is from the Bureau of Economic Analysis Own JayHenry 2009-07-26 graph Gross domestic product of the United States Economy of the United States History of the United States 1978 in the United States 1979 in the United States 1980 in the United States 1981 in the United States 1982 in the United States 1983 in the United States Economic statistics Line charts |