Abstract
The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “Closer monetary union and product market integration in emerging economies: Evidence from the Common Monetary Area in Southern Africa” (M. A. Nchake, L. Edwards, N. Rankin, 2017) [1]. This article describes the monthly retail product prices used in the compilation of the consumer price index of Lesotho, South Africa and Botswana, and collected by the statistical offices in the respective countries. The data are provided at the product level and vary across cities and across time. Each individual product has information on the date (month and year), city, product and unit codes, units of measurements and, in some cases, brand name of that product. The data is made publicly available to enable replication analysis or to extend on the existing results.
Highlights
The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “Closer monetary union and product market integration in emerging economies: Evidence from the Common Monetary Area in Southern Africa”
This article describes the monthly retail product prices used in the compilation of the consumer price index of Lesotho, South Africa and Botswana, and collected by the statistical offices in the respective countries
The data provided is based on retail product prices underlying the consumer price index (CPI) in Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa, provided at the product level and varies across cities and across time
Summary
Nchake a,⁎, Lawrence Edwards b, Neil Rankin c a Department of Economics, National University of Lesotho and School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa b School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa c Department of Economics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa article info. This article describes the monthly retail product prices used in the compilation of the consumer price index of Lesotho, South Africa and Botswana, and collected by the statistical offices in the respective countries. The data are provided at the product level and vary across cities and across time.
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