Iš Verbeek, A guide to Modern Econometrics, 270 psl. ****************************** The files garch contain 1867 daily observations on exchange rates of the US dollar against the Deutsch Mark, Canadian Dollar, Swiss Franc, ..., from January 1980 to 21 May 1987. The data are irregalur because no observations are available for weekends and holidays. The following variables are available: date day bp cd dm jy sf variable labels: date: date of observations (yymmdd) day: day of the week (1=monday) bp: exchange rate $/Britisch pound cd: exchange rate $/Canadian dollar dm: exchange rate $/Deutsch Mark jy: exchange rate $/Yen sf: exchange rate $/Swiss Franc variable means: Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max ---------+----------------------------------------------------- date | 1867 832741.6 21379.66 800102 870521 day | 1867 3.019282 1.403812 1 5 bp | 1867 1.668834 .3602577 1.053 2.4545 cd | 1867 .7886914 .0481982 .6927 .8746 dm | 1867 .4290612 .0744474 .2906 .5861 jy | 1867 .0046328 .0008254 .003595 .007215 sf | 1867 .5049556 .0765759 .3417 .6915