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CONS	INC	IR

  OBS: years 1955-86
  
  CONS = U.S. consumption expenditures (in billions of 1982 dollars)
  INC = disposable personal income (in billions of 1982 dollars)
  IR = real interest rate
  
Data source:  Sheffrin et al. (1988, pp. 56-61)

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
        cons |        32    1540.956    470.1752      873.8     2418.6
         inc |        32    1700.338    516.9924      944.5     2603.7
          ir |        32    2.844375    2.729658       -2.4       8.82