R: Macroeconomic data of the Euro Zone

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## Macroeconomic data of the Euro Zone

### Description

This data set contains some macroeconomic figures of the Euro Zone in order to estimate an exemplary money demand function.

### Usage

    data(ecb)

### Format

A data frame containing five series.

`period` | Time index from Q31997 until Q42003.
`gdp.defl` | Gross Domestic Product Deflator,
| [Index 2000=100, seasonally adjusted]
`gdp.nom` | Nominal Gross Domestic Product,
| [Current prices, EUR billions, seasonally adjusted]
`m3` | Monetary Aggregate M3,
| [outstanding amount at end of quarter, EUR billions, seasonally adjusted]
`rl` | Benchmark Government Bond yield with a maturity of 10 years,
| [percentages per annum, average of last quarter's month].

### Author(s)

Bernhard Pfaff

### Source

European Central Bank, Monthly Bulletins, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

### References

http://www.ecb.int

[Package urca version 1.3-0 Index]