Nelson and Plosser Dataset
The data set was used in 'Trends and Random Walks in Macroeconomic Time Series; Some Evidence and Implications' by Charles R. Nelson and Charles I. Plosser published in the Journal of Monetary Economics 10 (1982) p 139-162. North Holland Publishing company The series are for the United States. THE VARIABLE NAMES ARE: IN FORMAT: ID - YEAR I5 RGNP - REAL GNP F8.1 GNP - NOMINAL GNP F10.1 PCRGNP- REAL PER CAPITA GNP F8.0 IP - INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION F7.1 EMP - EMPLOYMENT F9.1 UN - UNEMPLOYMENT RATE F6.1 PRGNP - GNP DEFLATOR F7.1 CPI - CONSUMER PRICES F7.1 WG - WAGES F8.1 RWG - REAL WAGES F8.2 M - MONEY STOCK F8.2 VEL - VELOCITY F6.2 BND - BOND YIELD F7.2 SP500 - COMMON STOCK PRICES F7.2 THE COMPLETE FORMAT OF THE DATA LISTING IS (1X, I4, F8.1, F10.1, F8.0, F7.1, F9.1, F6.1, 2F7.1, F8.1, 2F8.2, F6.2, 2F7.2 ) 1860 = #1 1909 = #50 1933 = #74 1947 = #88 1970 = #111 |