R: Consumer Price Index in Argentina

ArgentinaCPI {AER} | R Documentation

## Consumer Price Index in Argentina

### Description

Time series of consumer price index (CPI) in Argentina (index with 1969(4) = 1).

### Usage

    data("ArgentinaCPI")

### Format

A quarterly univariate time series from 1970(1) to 1989(4).

### Source

Online complements to Franses (1998).

### References

De Ruyter van Steveninck, M.A. (1996). The Impact of Capital Imports; Argentina 1970–1989. Amsterdam: Thesis Publishers.

Franses, P.H. (1998). Time Series Models for Business and Economic Forecasting. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

### See Also

`Franses1998`

### Examples

    data("ArgentinaCPI")
    plot(ArgentinaCPI)
    plot(log(ArgentinaCPI))

    library("dynlm")
    ## estimation sample 1970.3-1988.4 means
    acpi <- window(ArgentinaCPI, start = c(1970,1), end = c(1988,4))

    ## eq. (3.90), p.54
    acpi_ols <- dynlm(d(log(acpi)) ~ L(d(log(acpi))))
    summary(acpi_ols)

    ## alternatively
    ar(diff(log(acpi)), order.max = 1, method = "ols")

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