## Figure 2.1. Financial conditions have been loose in recent years

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Figure 2.1. Financial conditions have been loose in recent years](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2018/april/chapter-2/csv/figure21.csv)

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- [Markdown version](/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2018/april/chapter-2/csv/figure21.csv.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2018/april/chapter-2/csv/figure21.csv.json)

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### Dataset description
- Worksheet name: csv
- Row count: 112
- Column count: 6
- Variable (header): (Financial conditions index; various percentiles of the cross-country distribution)
- Percentile columns (as labeled in header row):
  - 10th percentile
  - 25th percentile
  - Median
  - 75th percentile
  - 90th percentile
- Frequency: quarterly dates in M/D/YYYY format (sample rows show quarterly spacing)

### Key data structure
- Each row after the header provides:
  - Date (e.g., "3/1/1991")
  - 10th percentile value (numeric)
  - 25th percentile value (numeric)
  - Median value (numeric)
  - 75th percentile value (numeric)
  - 90th percentile value (numeric)

### Sample observations (exact values from the dataset)
- 3/1/1991
  - 10th percentile: -0.175282968
  - 25th percentile: 0.0576029
  - Median: 0.21980211
  - 75th percentile: 0.43390291
  - 90th percentile: 0.66929813
- 6/1/1991
  - 10th percentile: -0.2130806
  - 25th percentile: -0.05539255
  - Median: 0.0534159
  - 75th percentile: 0.1659747
  - 90th percentile: 0.311228434
- 9/1/1991
  - 10th percentile: -0.217435298
  - 25th percentile: -0.13361918
  - Median: -0.07850101
  - 75th percentile: 0.00881455
  - 90th percentile: 0.15111539
- 12/1/1991
  - 10th percentile: -0.211619078
  - 25th percentile: -0.08959951
  - Median: -0.05359836
  - 75th percentile: 0.05915868
  - 90th percentile: 0.229419182
- 3/1/1992
  - 10th percentile: -0.265528566
  - 25th percentile: -0.04160113
  - Median: 0.02836452
  - 75th percentile: 0.16549817
  - 90th percentile: 0.36842245
- 6/1/1992
  - 10th percentile: -0.167854526
  - 25th percentile: -0.14387324
  - Median: -0.03893385
  - 75th percentile: 0.10445743
  - 90th percentile: 0.331287408
- 9/1/1992
  - 10th percentile: -0.21743754
  - 25th percentile: -0.1316993
  - Median: -0.03578395
  - 75th percentile: 0.1820907
  - 90th percentile: 0.49248452

### Observations that can be derived from the dataset
- The dataset provides a time series of cross-country percentiles of a financial conditions index, allowing analysis of distributional shifts (lower-tail, median, upper-tail) over time.
- Exact numeric percentiles permit:
  - Tracking how the 10th, 25th, median, 75th, and 90th percentiles evolve quarterly.
  - Identifying periods when the entire distribution shifts up or down (e.g., simultaneous increases in median and upper percentiles).
  - Measuring dispersion changes via differences between percentiles (e.g., 90th minus 10th).

*Dataset: figure21.csv*

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/gfsr/2018/april/chapter-2/csv/figure21.csv_