************************************************************** **This is the data file for Figure 1 in the paper "A Case ** **Study in Monetary Control: 1980-82" by R. Alton Gilbert, ** **published in the September/October 1994 "Review." ** ************************************************************** Data Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Variable Descriptions: Fedfund: Weekly Federal Funds Rate date Fedfund 790103 10.59 790110 9.97 790117 10.05 790124 10.05 790131 10.12 790207 10.06 790214 10.15 790221 9.97 790228 10.06 790307 10.07 790314 10.21 790321 10.09 790328 10 790404 9.95 790411 9.93 790418 9.96 790425 10.09 790502 10.22 790509 10.25 790516 10.25 790523 10.17 790530 10.28 790606 10.23 790613 10.23 790620 10.28 790627 10.32 790704 10.42 790711 10.28 790718 10.35 790725 10.63 790801 10.75 790808 10.67 790815 10.8 790822 11.04 790829 11.16 790905 11.02 790912 11.3 790919 11.37 790926 11.61 791003 11.91 791010 12 791017 13.22 791024 15.14 791031 15.61 791107 13.77 791114 13.3 791121 13.1 791128 12.46 791205 13.77 791212 13.79 791219 13.9 791226 13.49 800102 14.04 800109 13.94 800116 13.91 800123 13.77 800130 13.54 800206 12.8 800213 13.64 800220 14.87 800227 14.62 800305 16.17 800312 16.45 800319 16.24 800326 17.78 800402 19.39 800409 19.04 800416 18.35 800423 17.56 800430 15.12 800507 12.96 800514 10.85 800521 10.71 800528 9.46 800604 10.74 800611 9.68 800618 8.99 800625 9.08 800702 9.41 800709 9.26 800716 8.98 800723 8.68 800730 8.98 800806 9.6 800813 8.85 800820 9.35 800827 10.03 800903 10.47 800910 10.22 800917 10.64 800924 10.85 801001 12.38 801008 12.59 801015 12.64 801022 12.55 801029 13.17 801105 13.99 801112 14.65 801119 15.22 801126 17.43 801203 17.72 801210 18.82 801217 19.83 801224 19.44 801231 18.45 810107 20.06 810114 19.64 810121 19.35 810128 18.12 810204 17.19 810211 16.51 810218 15.81 810225 14.96 810304 15.73 810311 15.53 810318 14.13 810325 13.48 810401 14.93 810408 15.43 810415 15.33 810422 15.55 810429 16.28 810506 18.91 810513 18.21 810520 18.89 810527 18.71 810603 18.4 810610 19.33 810617 19.1 810624 19.2 810701 18.84 810708 19.93 810715 18.76 810722 19.05 810729 18.54 810805 18.25 810812 18.29 810819 18.19 810826 17.41 810902 16.89 810909 16.5 810916 16.09 810923 15.33 810930 15 811007 15.46 811014 14.93 811021 15.32 811028 14.87 811104 14.79 811111 14.01 811118 13.17 811125 12.42 811202 12.48 811209 12.04 811216 12.26 811223 12.43 811230 12.54 820106 12.98 820113 12.42 820120 12.96 820127 13.98 820203 14.77 820210 15.19 820217 15.61 820224 13.86 820303 14.07 820310 14.35 820317 14.89 820324 14.48 820331 14.99 820407 15.15 820414 14.68 820421 15.01 820428 14.72 820505 15.53 820512 14.97 820519 14.67 820526 13.7 820602 13.43 820609 13.6 820616 14.24 820623 14.17 820630 14.81 820707 14.47 820714 13.18 820721 12.14 820728 11.02 820804 11.15 820811 10.9 820818 10.11 820825 9.04 820901 10.15 820908 10.14 820915 10.27 820922 10.31 820929 10.12 821006 10.77 821013 9.6 821020 9.53 821027 9.44 821103 9.43 821110 9.45 821117 9.61 821124 8.91 821201 8.69 821208 8.84 821215 8.86 821222 8.69 821229 8.79 830105 10.21 830112 8.42 830119 8.49 830126 8.44 830202 8.53 830209 8.5 830216 8.62 830223 8.47 830302 8.44 830309 8.59 830316 8.57 830323 8.75 830330 8.88 830406 9.43 830413 8.76 830420 8.7 830427 8.58 830504 8.8 830511 8.48 830518 8.59 830525 8.72 830601 8.77 830608 8.84 830615 8.84 830622 9.14 830629 8.9 830706 9.39 830713 9.21 830720 9.43 830727 9.46 830803 9.59 830810 9.66 830817 9.67 830824 9.41 830831 9.44 830907 9.53 830914 9.54 830921 9.48 830928 9.04 831005 10 831012 9.46 831019 9.36 831026 9.36 831102 9.4 831109 9.36 831116 9.42 831123 9.26 831130 9.27 831207 9.49 831214 9.52 831221 9.62 831228 8.96 ************************************************************** **This is the data file for Figures 2 and 3 in the paper "A** **Case Study in Monetary Control: 1980-82" by R. Alton ** **Gilbert, published in the September/October 1994 "Review."** ************************************************************** Data Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Variable Descriptions: GDPCON-Real Gross Domestic Product(GDP) in billions of 1987 dollars IPDGDP-Implicit Price Deflator for GDP Formula: Figures 2 and 3 plot growth rates of GDPCON and IPDGDP. Rates of growth are two-quarter moving averages computed as follows: * ((Variable(t)/Variable(t-2))^(2)-1)* 100, for both GDPCON and IPDGDP. DATE GDPCON IPDGDP 740701 3239.1 45.5 741001 3226.4 46.6 750101 3154 48 750401 3190.4 48.7 750701 3249.9 49.7 751001 3292.5 50.5 760101 3356.7 51.2 760401 3369.2 51.8 760701 3381 52.6 761001 3416.3 53.6 770101 3466.4 54.3 770401 3525 55.4 770701 3574.4 56.4 771001 3567.2 57.4 780101 3591.8 58.2 780401 3707 59.7 780701 3735.6 60.9 781001 3779.6 62.2 790101 3780.8 63.5 790401 3784.3 64.8 790701 3807.5 66.3 791001 3814.6 67.6 800101 3830.8 69.2 800401 3732.6 70.8 800701 3733.5 72.5 801001 3808.5 74.4 810101 3860.5 76.5 810401 3844.4 77.9 810701 3864.5 79.7 811001 3803.1 81.4 820101 3756.1 82.3 820401 3771.1 83.4 820701 3754.4 84.3 821001 3759.6 85 830101 3783.5 86 830401 3886.5 86.6 830701 3944.4 87.5 831001 4012.1 88.4 840101 4089.5 89.7 840401 4144 90.6 840701 4166.4 91.6 841001 4194.2 92.3 850101 4221.8 93.3 850401 4254.8 94 850701 4309 94.6 851001 4333.5 95.5