Descriptions of files in the Gnp folder

FOLDER NAME:  Gnp
Contains two sub-folders:  Domgnp & Intlgnp		
                               
SUB-FOLDER: Domgnp

FILE NAME:
Domgnp.xls - Economic data for the US

DESCRIPTION OF DATA SET:
Annual economic data for the US for 1909 to 1970.

SOURCE OF DATA SET:
Charles P. Nelson and Charles I. Plosser, "Trends and Random
Walks in Macroeconomic Time Series: Some Evidence and
Implications," Journal of Monetary Economics, 1982, pp.139-162

NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS: 62

VARIABLES IN THE FILE: Variable name and description 

year - Year of data
rgnp - Real Gross National Product
gnp - Gross National Product
gnppc - Real per capita GNP
indprod - Industrial production
emp - Employment rate
unemp - Unemployment rate
gnpdef - GNP deflator
cpi - Consumer Price Index
wage - Wages
rwage - Real wages
money - Money stock
vel - Velocity
bond - Bond yield
sp500 - Common stock prices
dwage - Lagged diff in wages

COLUMN HEADINGS AND FIRST FOUR RECORDS AS THEY APPEAR IN THE
FILE: (from Domgnp.xls)

year rgnp  gnp   gnppc indprod emp  unemp gnpdef cpi wage 
1909 116.8 33400 1291       10 35072  5.1   29.1  28  599 
1910 120.1 35300 1300     10.6 35762  5.9   29.9  29  651 
1911 123.2 35800 1312     10.2 36179  6.7   29.7  29  632 (cont.) 

rwage money  vel bond sp500 dwage
21.39  12.7 2.19 3.77  9.71    .
22.45  13.3 2.17  3.8  9.35   52
21.79  14.1 2.07  3.9  9.24  -19

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SUB-FOLDER: Intlgnp

FILE NAMES:
Swegnp.xls - Economic data for Sweden
Ukgnp.xls - Economic data for the United Kingdom
Usgnp.xls - Economic data for the United States

DESCRIPTION OF DATA SET:
Annual economic data for the three countries listed above for
the years 1889 to 1983.

SOURCE OF DATA SET:
David K. Backus and Patrick J. Kehoe, "International Evidence
on the Historical Properties of Business Cycles," American
Economic Review, Vol 82, 1992, PP. 864-888.

NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS: 95

VARIABLES IN THE FILES: Variable name and description 

year - Year of data
output - Output (millions US$)
priceind - Price index
consump - Cconsumption (millions US$)
invest - Investment (millions US$)
govtexp - Government expenditures (millions US$)
income - Income (millions US$)

COLUMN HEADINGS AND FIRST FOUR RECORDS AS THEY APPEAR IN THE
FILE: (from Swegnp.xls)

year output   priceind consump  invest   govtexp  income
1889 32.346   0.043009 27.45573 2.969757 2.479169 32.90466
1890 33.30925 0.043484 28.42902 2.997665 2.504815 33.9315
1891 34.67707 0.043912 29.71695 2.430526 2.532605 34.68008