SCSMICH
Provider
- provider_name: SCMICH
- provider_longname: Surveys of Consumers, University Michigan
- provider URL: https://data.sca.isr.umich.edu/
- region: US
- terms of use: https://data.sca.isr.umich.edu/ + message in issue
- approximate number of datasets: 6
Data accessibility
- SDMX: (If yes, links and SDMX releases implemented: NO
- REST API: NO
- Bulk Download: (if yes, links and formats: http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/tables.html csv
- Account: NO
Desired datasets
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Description: 6 datasets made with 2 Excel files each:
- Index of Consumer Sentiment - yearly
- Index of Consumer Sentiment - quarterly
- Index of Consumer Sentiment - monthly
- Expected Changes in Inflation Rates - yearly
- Expected Changes in Inflation Rates - quarterly
- Expected Changes in Inflation Rates - monthly
Data tree
- Existence of a hierachy of datasets on web site: no
- How to recover the information: flat list
Datasets
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datasetCode/datasetName:
- mics: Index of Consumer Sentiment - montly
- qics: Index of Consumer Sentiment - quarterly
- yics: Index of Consumer Sentiment - yearly
- mpx1px5: Expected Changes in Inflation Rates - monthly
- qpx1px5: Expected Changes in Inflation Rates - quarterly
- ypx1px5: Expected Changes in Inflation Rates - yearly
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dataset URLs:
- mics: http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/tbmics.csv and http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/tbmiccice.csv
- qics: http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/tbqics.csv and http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/tbqiccice.csv
- yics: http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/tbyics.csv and http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/tbyiccice.csv
- mpx1px5: http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/tbmpx1px5.csv
- qpx1px5: http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/tbqpx1px5.csv
- ypx1px5: http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/tbypx1px5.csv
- how to get release date: parse https://data.sca.isr.umich.edu/survey-info.phpc to find current release date PDF document and parse it (there is still a question about the handling of preliminary results)
- dataset docHref: no
- dataset notes: no
- dimension_list: freq: frequency
- use of attributes: no (maybe necessary to add attribute STATUS with p: preliminary for preliminary results)
- attribute_list:
- available frequencies: m, q , y
- availability of previous updates: no
- existence of real time datasets: no
Series
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Series key, series name:
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for mics, qics, yics:
- ics: index of consumer sentiment (file 1)
- icc: current index (file 2)
- ice: expected index (file 2)
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for mpx1px5, qpx1px5, ypx1px5:
- px_md: next year
- px5_md: next 5 years
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for mics, qics, yics:
- Series docHref: no
- Series notes: no
- missing values: blank
- date format: yyyy, month yyyy, month-month yyyy (for quarters)
- mixed frequencies in the same dataset: no
Updates
- calendar of future updates: parse https://data.sca.isr.umich.edu/survey-info.phpc to find current release date PDF document and parse it
- summary of previous updates: parse https://data.sca.isr.umich.edu/survey-info.phpc to find current release date PDF document and parse it
- regular updates: no
- RSS flow: no
- best way to monitor updates: use release dates document
Special problems
not all months are reported at the beginning of some series
Other remarks
Data samples
- location: in test_xxx file or light files in dlstats/dlstats/tests/resources
- description: a very brief description of the data samples