This dataset was produced from US economic time series data available from
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2. economics
is in "wide"
format, economics_long
is in "long" format.
economicseconomics_long
A data frame with 574 rows and 6 variables:
Month of data collection
personal consumption expenditures, in billions of dollars, http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/PCE
total population, in thousands, http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/POP
personal savings rate, http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/PSAVERT/
median duration of unemployment, in weeks, http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UEMPMED
number of unemployed in thousands, http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UNEMPLOY