CEMENT.DES

CEMENT.DES

year      month     prccem    ipcem     prcpet    rresc     rnonc     ip       
rdefs     milemp    gprc      gcem      grprcpet  grres     grnon     gip      
grdefs    gmilemp   jan       feb       mar       apr       may       jun      
jul       aug       sep       oct       nov       dec       

  Obs:   312

  1. year                     1964-1989
  2. month                    1-12
  3. prccem                   BLS ppi for cement
  4. ipcem                    industrial prod. index, cement
  5. prcpet                   ppi for crude petroleum
  6. rresc                    real residential construction
  7. rnonc                    real nonres. construction
  8. ip                       aggregate index of indus. prod.
  9. rdefs                    real defense spending
 10. milemp                   military employment
 11. gprc                     log(prccem) - log(prccem[t-1])
 12. gcem                     log(ipcem) - log(ipcem[t-1])
 13. grprcpet                 log(prcpet) - log(prcpet[t-1])
 14. gres                     log(rnonc) - log(rnonc[t-1])
 16. gip                      log(ip) - log(ip[t-1])
 17. gdefs                    log(rdefs) - log(rdefs[t-1])
 18. gmilemp                  log(milemp) - log(milemp[t-1])
 19. jan                      =1 if month == 1
 20. feb                      =1 if month == 2
 21. mar                      =1 if month == 3
 22. apr                      =1 if month == 4
 23. may                      =1 if month == 5
 24. jun                      =1 if month == 6
 25. jul                      =1 if month == 7
 26. aug                      =1 if month == 8
 27. sep                      =1 if month == 9
 28. oct                      =1 if month == 10
 29. nov                      =1 if month == 11
 30. dec                      =1 if month == 12