Resource List:

• Data sets:
  

  EXCEL files (*.xls) are provided for the students of my Economic Statistics class.
  

  1. Production of Prefectures
     from SNA data
     provided by Statistics Bureau, Government of Japan.--- prefprod.xls
  2. Value of Land and Forests by Prefectures (owned by Private Sector)
     from Annual Report on National Accounts 1997
     by Economic Planning Agency, Government of Japan.--value.txt or value.xls
  3. Personal Consumption
     from Economic and Financial Data on CD-ROM 1998
     by Research and Statistics Department, Bank of Japan.--consump.txt or consump.xls
  4. An example of calculating Gini's coefficient.
     --gini.xls
  5. 10Y Government Bonds Yield to Subscribers and the Nikkei Stock Average
     from Economic and Financial Data on CD-ROM 1998
     by Research and Statistics Department, Bank of Japan.-- yieldstk.xls
  6. Interest Rates and Investment Data.
     from Economic and Financial Data on CD-ROM 1998
     by Research and Statistics Department, Bank of Japan.--inv.xls
  7. Exchange Rates and Call Rates.
     from Economic and Financial Data on CD-ROM 1998
     by Research and Statistics Department, Bank of Japan.--excgr.xls
  8. Gross Domestic Expenditure at Current Prices.
     from SNA data
     by Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan.--gde.xls

• Handouts (PDF, in Japanese):
  1. Midyear Examination: July 2007.
  2. ---The Answers: September 2007.
  3. Exercise (1): December 2007.
  4. Exercise (2): December 2007.
  5. Exercise (3): December 2007.
  6. Report: December 2007.
  7. Final Examination: January 2008.
  8. ---The Answers: February 2008.

• Links:
  1. PDF viewer; Get Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  2. Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center of Japan.
  3. On the Japanese Consumer Price Index (CPI).
  4. Bank of Japan.
  5. Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan.
  6. A useful collection of Japanese economic statistics.

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