The private research organization is used by the Government as the official arbiter of dates for peaks and troughs in the business cycle.

Since mid-1991, the economy has shown some signs of growth, but not enough for the official arbiters to declare the recession ended.

In 1987, he was elected to a seat in the Spanish Royal Academy, the official arbiter of the Spanish language.

The bureau is the official arbiter of business cycles.

It was only in 1976 that the Royal Institute, the official arbiter of the Thai language, coined the word "mollapit."

The National Bureau of Economic Research, the official arbiter of business cycles, says a recession may have already begun.

Merriam-Webster's unabridged dictionary is the official arbiter for a word's inclusion in the Scripps bee, so many contestants purchase it as a study guide.

In a city of towering architecture and high art, it is nothing less than the official arbiter of public taste.

A committee of economists, known as the Business Cycle Dating Committee, is the official arbiter of when recessions begin and end.

The bureau is a private research institute widely regarded as the official arbiter of US economic cycles.