Reinhart and Rogoff (2010) Growth in a Time of Debt Dataset

United States' economic indicators, with a focus on the relationship between debt levels and economic growth. The data cover a broad historical period from 1791 to 2009, extracted from the source files on Ken Rogoff's website.

Usage

rr2010

Format

A data frame with observations on the following variables:

year: Calendar year, ranging from 1791 to 2009
debt: Debt-to-GDP ratio, expressed as a percentage
gdp: Annual GDP growth rate, expressed as a percentage
inflation: Annual inflation rate, expressed as a percentage

Source

Reinhart, C. M., & Rogoff, K. S. (2010). "Growth in a Time of Debt." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 573-578. Data available at Ken Rogoff’s website.