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diff --git a/datasets/gdp_japan/README.md b/datasets/gdp_japan/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef7db66 --- /dev/null +++ b/datasets/gdp_japan/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# Historic GDP of Japan in the Local Currency Unit (LCU) + +Data obtained from the [World +Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CN?locations=JP). + +There is a known structural break in the growth rate of Japan, known as the +[lost decade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Decade_(Japan)). + +The dataset is licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license. Data retrieved from the +World Bank on 2019-03-27. No modifications to the original data file +(``gdp.csv``) have been made. The file ``gdp_japan.csv`` is a subset of the +``gdp.csv`` file that contains only the data for Japan. The ``gdp_japan.json`` +file is manually constructed from the ``gdp_japan.csv`` file. + + |