Data and Evidence (updated: 7/2011)

Business Cycles in Taiwan (1970Q1-2010Q4):

¡P        Sample Moments:    HP Cyclical Components    Year to Year Growth Rates

¡P        Trend and Cyclical Components: GDP

¡P        Data Download (Excel Format)
    GDP Accounts (nominal and constant dollars): Quarterly, Not Seasonally Adjusted

    Hours, Wages (nominal): Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted

    Interest Rates (1-Month Deposit Annual Rate): Monthly

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Business Cycles in US (1970Q1-2010Q4):

¡P        Sample Moments:     HP Cyclical Components    Year to Year Growth Rates

¡P        Trend and Cyclical Components: GDP

¡P        Data Download (Excel Format)
    GDP Accounts (Current Dollars): Quarterly, Seasonally Adjusted

    Deflators: Quarterly, Seasonally Adjusted

    Government Expenditures (Current Dollars): Quarterly, Seasonally Adjusted

    Deflator for Government Expenditures: Quarterly, Seasonally Adjusted

    Hours, Wages (real): Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted

    Interest Rates (3-Month T-Bill Annual Rate): Monthly

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Business Cycles: Taiwan vs. US (1970Q1-2010Q4):

            Real GDP: HP Cycles        Real GDP: Growth Rates