fma (version 2.5)

ibm: IBM sales and profit

Description

IBM sales and profit (1954-1984) and forecasts.

Usage

ibm

Format

Time series data

Sales

IBM annual sales

Profit

IBM annual profit

FSales

Forecast of IBM sales made in 1984

FProfit

Forecast of IBM profits made in 1984

Examples

par(mfrow=c(2,1))
plot(ibm[,1], xlim=c(1954,2000), ylim=c(0,200),
  ylab="Sales (billions of $)", xlab="Year", type="o")
lines(ibm[,3],col=2,type="o")
plot(ibm[,2], xlim=c(1954,2000), ylim=c(-10,30),
  ylab="Profits (billions of $)", xlab="Year", type="o")
lines(ibm[,4],col=2,type="o")