Quarterly data set This data set contains quarterly data retrieved from the Statistics Canada CANSIM data base for the period 1961Q1 to 1996Q3. The variables are: D20557 - Personal Expenditure Price Deflator (1986=100) B14020 - Banks' Prime Lending Rate (quarterly conversion by monthly averages) The data set (filename: RATES.txt) follows. 1961.1 25.5 5.75 1961.2 25.5 5.67 1961.3 25.5 5.50 1961.4 25.6 5.50 1962.1 25.7 5.50 1962.2 25.9 5.50 1962.3 26.0 6.00 1962.4 26.1 5.83 1963.1 26.2 5.75 1963.2 26.4 5.75 1963.3 26.5 5.75 1963.4 26.7 5.75 1964.1 26.7 5.75 1964.2 26.8 5.75 1964.3 26.9 5.75 1964.4 27.1 5.75 1965.1 27.2 5.75 1965.2 27.4 5.75 1965.3 27.5 5.75 1965.4 27.7 5.83 1966.1 28.1 6.00 1966.2 28.5 6.00 1966.3 28.6 6.00 1966.4 28.9 6.00 1967.1 29.2 6.00 1967.2 29.5 5.75 1967.3 29.9 5.75 1967.4 30.1 6.17 1968.1 30.6 6.83 1968.2 30.9 7.17 1968.3 31.1 6.92 1968.4 31.4 6.75 1969.1 31.7 7.17 1969.2 32.2 7.67 1969.3 32.4 8.50 1969.4 32.8 8.50 1970.1 33.2 8.50 1970.2 33.4 8.50 1970.3 33.5 8.00 1970.4 33.6 7.67 1971.1 33.7 6.83 1971.2 34.1 6.50 1971.3 34.4 6.50 1971.4 34.7 6.08 1972.1 35.1 6.00 1972.2 35.4 6.00 1972.3 35.9 6.00 1972.4 36.3 6.00 1973.1 36.8 6.00 1973.2 37.5 7.08 1973.3 38.4 8.33 1973.4 39.1 9.17 1974.1 40.1 9.50 1974.2 41.3 10.83 1974.3 42.4 11.50 1974.4 43.9 11.17 1975.1 44.9 9.67 1975.2 45.8 9.00 1975.3 46.9 9.25 1975.4 47.8 9.75 1976.1 48.7 9.92 1976.2 49.4 10.25 1976.3 50.1 10.25 1976.4 50.8 9.75 1977.1 51.8 8.92 1977.2 53.0 8.58 1977.3 54.0 8.25 1977.4 55.0 8.25 1978.1 56.0 8.42 1978.2 56.7 9.25 1978.3 57.9 9.75 1978.4 59.3 11.33 1979.1 60.4 12.00 1979.2 61.7 12.00 1979.3 63.0 12.67 1979.4 64.4 14.92 1980.1 65.9 15.25 1980.2 67.6 14.58 1980.3 69.4 12.25 1980.4 71.4 14.92 1981.1 73.5 18.08 1981.2 75.2 19.25 1981.3 77.3 21.67 1981.4 79.2 18.17 1982.1 81.1 16.67 1982.2 83.2 17.42 1982.3 85.2 16.08 1982.4 86.9 13.08 1983.1 87.6 11.67 1983.2 88.8 11.00 1983.3 90.0 11.00 1983.4 91.1 11.00 1984.1 92.0 11.17 1984.2 92.5 12.00 1984.3 93.1 13.17 1984.4 94.0 11.92 1985.1 95.1 11.42 1985.2 95.9 10.58 1985.3 96.7 10.33 1985.4 97.5 10.00 1986.1 98.8 12.00 1986.2 99.4 10.58 1986.3 100.2 9.75 1986.4 101.5 9.75 1987.1 102.6 9.08 1987.2 103.5 9.42 1987.3 104.3 9.83 1987.4 105.4 9.75 1988.1 106.1 9.75 1988.2 107.3 10.42 1988.3 108.4 11.25 1988.4 109.8 11.92 1989.1 110.6 12.83 1989.2 112.6 13.50 1989.3 114.1 13.50 1989.4 114.8 13.50 1990.1 116.0 14.00 1990.2 117.1 14.75 1990.3 118.5 14.25 1990.4 120.1 13.25 1991.1 123.0 11.58 1991.2 123.5 10.08 1991.3 124.2 9.67 1991.4 123.6 8.42 1992.1 124.1 7.75 1992.2 124.8 7.42 1992.3 125.5 6.50 1992.4 126.2 8.25 1993.1 126.5 6.42 1993.2 127.1 6.00 1993.3 127.6 5.75 1993.4 128.2 5.58 1994.1 127.7 5.75 1994.2 127.9 7.17 1994.3 128.3 7.25 1994.4 128.9 7.33 1995.1 129.3 9.50 1995.2 130.1 9.25 1995.3 130.7 8.08 1995.4 130.7 7.75 1996.1 131.1 7.00 1996.2 131.9 6.50 1996.3 132.5 5.92 [SHAZAM Guide home]