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Ecdat (version 0.2-9)

Irates: Monthly Interest Rates

Description

monthly observations from 1946--12 to 1991--02

number of observations : 531

observation : country

country : United--States

Usage

data(Irates)

Arguments

Format

A time serie containing :
r1
interest rate for a maturity of 1 months (% per year).
r2
interest rate for a maturity of 2 months (% per year).
r3
interest rate for a maturity of 3 months (% per year).
r5
interest rate for a maturity of 5 months (% per year).
r6
interest rate for a maturity of 6 months (% per year).
r11
interest rate for a maturity of 11 months (% per year).
r12
interest rate for a maturity of 12 months (% per year).
r36
interest rate for a maturity of 36 months (% per year).
r60
interest rate for a maturity of 60 months (% per year).
r120
interest rate for a maturity of 120 months (% per year).

Source

McCulloch, J.H. and H.C. Kwon (1993) U.S. term structure data, 1947--1991, Ohio State Working Paper 93-6, Ohio State University, Columbus.

References

Verbeek, Marno (2004) A guide to modern econometrics, John Wiley and Sons, https://feb.kuleuven.be/GME/, chapter 8.

See Also

Index.Source, Index.Economics, Index.Econometrics, Index.Observations,

Index.Time.Series