Use the following table to answer five questions about U$.$S$.$ recessions since $1940.$

$\backslash$table$[[$Business Slumps, $1929-2020],[$Dates $($Year Recession Began$),$Duration $($Month$,$Percentage Decline in Output,Peak Unemployment Rate$],[1929,43,-26\mathrm{.}7\%,24\mathrm{.}9\%],[1937,13,-18\mathrm{.}2,19\mathrm{.}0],[1945,8,-12\mathrm{.}7,5\mathrm{.}2],[1948,11,-1\mathrm{.}7,7\mathrm{.}9],[1953,10,-2\mathrm{.}6,6\mathrm{.}1],[1957,8,-3\mathrm{.}7,7\mathrm{.}5],[1960,10,-1\mathrm{.}6,7\mathrm{.}1],[1969,11,-0\mathrm{.}6,6\mathrm{.}1],[1973,16,-3\mathrm{.}2,9\mathrm{.}0],[1980,6,-2\mathrm{.}2,7\mathrm{.}8],[1981,16,-2\mathrm{.}7,10\mathrm{.}8],[1990,8,-1\mathrm{.}4,7\mathrm{.}8],[2001,8,-0\mathrm{.}3,6\mathrm{.}3],[2007,18,-5\mathrm{.}1,10\mathrm{.}0],[2020,5,-37\mathrm{.}0,14\mathrm{.}8]]$

Instructions: Enter your responses using four digits for the year.

a$.$ Since $1940,$ the longest recession began in $$

b$.$ Since $1940,$ the shortest recession began in $$

c$.$ Since $1940,$ the recession with the highest unemployment rate began in $$

d$.$ Since $1940,$ the recession with the biggest decline in output began in $$

e$.$ Since $1940,$ the recession with the smallest decline in output began in $$