(a) Plot the data on revolving credit (credit cards and home equity lines of credit are the two major types of revolving credit). (b) Use MegaStat or MINITAB to calculate estimated seasonal indexes and trend. Is there a trend in the deseasonalized data? (c) Which months have the most borrowing? The least? Is this logical? Revolving
U.S. Consumers Revolving Credit (billions) | ||||
Month | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
Jan | 223.2 | 232.5 | 240.6 | 276.7 |
Feb | 221.5 | 229.7 | 239.7 | 272.8 |
Mar | 220.1 | 230.2 | 234.0 | 268.3 |
Apr | 227.7 | 235.6 | 235.4 | 270.6 |
May | 229.1 | 233.1 | 240.4 | 278.0 |
Jun | 225.7 | 231.0 | 240.7 | 275.6 |
Jul | 222.1 | 229.9 | 238.6 | 278.7 |
Aug | 219.6 | 241.1 | 240.7 | 286.4 |
Sep | 216.3 | 243.1 | 239.9 | 286.7 |
Oct | 223.3 | 242.4 | 235.8 | 286.1 |
Nov | 233.2 | 244.2 | 269.5 | 285.8 |
Dec | 238.3 | 250.2 | 284.7 | 315.8 |
Source: www.federalreserve.gov.
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