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This data includes monthly macroeconomic variables (inflation, interest rates, and unemployment) between 2000 and 2022, made available by the FRED:

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources. FRED, created and maintained by the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, goes far beyond simply providing data: It combines data with a powerful mix of tools that help the user understand, interact with, display, and disseminate the data.

Data

`macro_vars.csv`

macro_vars

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Data Dictionary
variable	description
year	Observation year
month	Observation month
day	Observation day
inflation_rate	US inflation rates
real_rate	Real interest rate, Not seasonally adjusted
nom_rate	Nominal interest rate, also called federal funds effective rate, Not seasonally adjusted
unrate	Unemployment rate, Seasonally Adjusted
cpi_all	Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All items in U.S. City Average, Index 1982-1984=100, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted
cpi_durables	Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Durables in U.S. City Average, Index 1982-1984=100, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted
cpi_nondurables	Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Nondurables in U.S. City Average, Index 1982-1984=100, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted
cpi_services	Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Services in U.S. City Average, Index 1982-1984=100, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted