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A sample data to identify optimism shock.

Usage

data(optimism)

Format

A matrix and a ts object with time series of over two hundred observations on 5 variables:

productivity

quarterly factor-utilization-adjusted total factor productivity

stock_prices

quarterly end-of-period S&P 500 divided by CPI

consumption

quarterly real consumption expenditures on nondurable goods and services

real_interest_rate

quarterly real interest rate

hours_worked

quarterly hours of all persons in the non-farm business sector

The series are as described by Beaudry, Nam and Wang (2011) in section 2.2.

References

Arias, Jonas E., Juan F. Rubio‐Ramírez, and Daniel F. Waggoner. "Inference based on structural vector autoregressions identified with sign and zero restrictions: Theory and applications." Econometrica 86, no. 2 (2018): 685-720. <doi:10.3982/ECTA14468>

Beaudry, Paul, Deokwoo Nam, and Jian Wang. Do mood swings drive business cycles and is it rational?. No. w17651. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011. <doi:10.3386/w17651>