RDP 8910: An Analysis of the Determinants of Imports Appendix 1: Data Definitions and Sources
December 1989
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Definitions:
| M: | real total merchandise imports |
| EM: | real endogenous imports |
| Y: | real GDP |
| D: | real GNE |
| RPM: | ratio of the total imports deflator to the GDP deflator |
| RPEM: | ratio of the endogenous imports deflator to the GDP deflator |
| RPX: | ratio of the merchandise exports deflator to the GDP deflator |
| OT: | hours of overtime per employee |
The data are quarterly and seasonally adjusted.
The sources for the data are the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Catalogue Nos. 5206.0 (GDP, GNE and GDP deflator), 5435.0 (total imports, endogenous imports, and implicit price deflators for imports and exports), 6354.0 and 6330.0 (overtime). The overtime variable has been seasonally adjusted using Xll.