(DP 1983-08) Philippine Economic Time Series Data Base (PETIDAS)---Its Contents and Packaged Programmes

Abstract

This paper explains the structure and the use of an economic time series on Philippines that I constructed at the University of the Philippines' School of Economics. A small program package suitable for use with a minicomputer both on a BATCH or on ON-LINE system was designed and the initial data, consisting of the more important time series data, was written into tape. The package includes software to maintain, update, and perform calculations and statistical procedures on the data base.