Dutch Retail Sales Index Data

Description

Time series of retail sales index in The Netherlands.

Usage

data("DutchSales")

Format

A monthly univariate time series from 1960(5) to 1995(9).

Source

Online complements to Franses (1998).

References

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

See Also

Franses1998

Examples

data("DutchSales")
plot(DutchSales)

## EACF tables (Franses 1998, p. 99)
ctrafo <- function(x) residuals(lm(x ~ factor(cycle(x))))
ddiff <- function(x) diff(diff(x, frequency(x)), 1)
eacf <- function(y, lag = 12) {
  stopifnot(all(lag > 0))
  if(length(lag) < 2) lag <- 1:lag
  rval <- sapply(
    list(y = y, dy = diff(y), cdy = ctrafo(diff(y)),
         Dy = diff(y, frequency(y)), dDy = ddiff(y)),
    function(x) acf(x, plot = FALSE, lag.max = max(lag))$acf[lag + 1])
  rownames(rval) <- lag
  return(rval)
}

## Franses (1998), Table 5.3
round(eacf(log(DutchSales), lag = c(1:18, 24, 36)), digits = 3)