function [Y] = load_monthly_us_retail_sales()
% LOAD_MONTHLY_US_RETAIL - Loads the monthly US retail sales of passenger cars (in thousands) 1955 - 1977
% 
% Note this is the data set provided with Exercise 4.5
%   
% 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 = [ 
    440, 477, 637, 652, 661, 681, 647, 659, 655, 576, 509, 631 ;
    432, 448, 545, 564, 560, 540, 535, 568, 421, 424, 404, 514 ;
    437, 439, 573, 549, 556, 517, 543, 492, 495, 464, 409, 512 ;
    382, 334, 401, 418, 424, 411, 400, 371, 317, 321, 335, 511 ;
    421, 425, 498, 575, 584, 586, 567, 534, 458, 535, 429, 431 ;
    430, 494, 597, 647, 647, 596, 547, 525, 459, 548, 543, 544 ;
    414, 375, 480, 496, 544, 572, 501, 471, 371, 550, 558, 526 ;
    506, 473, 592, 635, 644, 602, 614, 540, 374, 678, 638, 644 ;
    554, 498, 624, 759, 715, 692, 709, 553, 404, 715, 640, 712 ;
    612, 552, 637, 812, 781, 754, 724, 649, 565, 659, 564, 757 ;
    667, 631, 799, 896, 841, 842, 834, 767, 590, 746, 794, 909 ;
    733, 715, 913, 820, 745, 809, 688, 668, 565, 855, 798, 726 ;
    612, 558, 736, 774, 815, 855, 696, 594, 615, 735, 684, 673 ;
    702, 700, 851, 815, 900, 872, 829, 728, 663, 980, 864, 750 ;
    730, 726, 809, 855, 901, 898, 761, 655, 808, 923, 797, 720 ;
    624, 686, 746, 799, 811, 925, 762, 639, 581, 755, 539, 538 ;
    649, 749, 899, 883, 889, 957, 819, 724, 884, 1050, 958, 741 ;
    721, 814, 913, 900, 1032, 1025, 905, 813, 877, 1070, 1030, 848 ;
    875, 920, 1142, 1024, 1144, 1084, 960, 836, 873, 977, 911, 694 ;
    679, 683, 778, 816, 882, 811, 811, 811, 726, 757, 604, 508 ;
    578, 684, 670, 660, 741, 770, 794, 684, 726, 889, 744, 701 ;
    679, 758, 947, 914, 921, 956, 865, 762, 792, 868, 840, 807 ;
    725, 811, 1084, 1027, 1054, 1118, 943, 931, 829, 1014, 881, 795 
].';

Y = Y(:);