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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of series

From: Business confidence as a strong tracker of future growth: is it driven by economic policy uncertainty and oil price shocks in the OECD countries?

Variables

Mean

Maximum

Minimum

Std. dev

No. of obs

Panel sample

Full sample

\(bci\)

100.1647

107.7152

87.4210

1.8043

6561

\(int\)

2.4547

21.2500

−0.7900

2.5946

6561

\(unm\)

7.9365

27.9000

1.8000

4.3983

6561

Eurozone

\(bci\)

100.2415

107.7152

87.4210

2.0978

3888

\(int\)

1.9151

21.2500

−0.4176

2.2094

3888

\(unm\)

9.3276

27.9000

1.8000

4.7348

3888

Non-Eurozone

\(bci\)

100.0530

103.9544

94.0971

1.2526

2673

\(int\)

3.2395

19.8200

−0.7900

1.2526

2673

\(unm\)

5.9130

20.5000

1.8000

2.8230

2673

Global (cross-section invariant) series (2000M1–2020M03)

\(brent\)

64.3794

132.7200

18.7100

29.8653

243

\(WTI\)

61.5607

133.8800

19.3900

26.0753

243

\(epu\)

121.4435

344.1584

47.2237

54.9635

243