function [Y] = load_housing_starts() % LOAD_HOUSING_STARTS - Loads the montly housing starts on single family structures (in thousands) between Jan 1966 - December 1975. % % ... this is series 6 in the data appendix % % % Written by: % -- % John L. Weatherwax 2009-04-21 % % email: wax@alum.mit.edu % % Please send comments and especially bug reports to the % above email address. % %----- Y = [ 52.149, 47.205, 82.150, 100.931, 98.408, 97.351, 96.489, 88.830, 80.876, 85.750, 72.351, 61.198 ; 46.561, 50.361, 83.236, 94.343, 84.748, 79.828, 69.068, 69.362, 59.404, 53.530, 50.212, 37.973 ; 40.157, 40.274, 66.592, 79.839, 87.341, 87.594, 82.344, 83.712, 78.194, 81.704, 69.088, 47.026 ; 45.234, 55.431, 79.325, 97.983, 86.806, 81.424, 86.398, 82.522, 80.078, 85.560, 64.819, 53.847 ; 51.300, 47.909, 71.941, 84.982, 91.301, 82.741, 73.523, 69.465, 71.504, 68.039, 55.069, 42.827 ; 33.363, 41.367, 61.879, 73.835, 74.848, 83.007, 75.461, 77.291, 75.961, 79.393, 67.443, 69.041 ; 54.856, 58.287, 91.584, 116.013, 115.627, 116.946, 107.747, 111.663, 102.149, 102.882, 92.904, 80.362 ; 76.185, 76.306, 111.358, 119.840, 135.167, 131.870, 119.078, 131.324, 120.491, 116.990, 97.428, 73.195 ; 77.105, 73.560, 105.136, 120.453, 131.643, 114.822, 114.746, 106.806, 84.504, 86.004, 70.488, 46.767 ; 43.292, 57.593, 76.946, 102.237, 96.340, 99.318, 90.715, 79.782, 73.443, 69.460, 57.898, 41.041 ; 39.791, 39.959, 62.498, 77.777, 92.782, 90.284, 92.782, 90.655, 84.517, 93.826, 71.646, 55.650 ].'; Y = Y(:);