economics = pd.read_csv(DATA_DIR / "economics.csv", parse_dates=[0])
US economic time series.
Description
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.
Format
A data frame with 478 rows and 6 variables
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Month of data collection |
| psavert | personal savings rate 1 |
| pce | personal consumption expenditures, in billions of dollars 2 |
| unemploy | number of unemployed in thousands 3 |
| uempmed | median duration of unemployment, in week 4 |
| pop | total population, in thousands 5 |