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Table 5 Descriptives statistics

From: Swiss trade during the COVID-19 pandemic: an early appraisal

Monthly data, Jan.–Jun. 2020

Number

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Year-on-year % changes exports

300

− 3.49

35.02

− 70.70

309.21

Year-on-Year % changes imports

300

− 8.49

35.75

− 99.62

198.94

Covid-19 cases per 1000 people

300

0.52

1.36

0.00

14.80

Stringency index countermeasures

300

49.96

30.46

0.00

100

Consumer confidence (in SD)

215

− 0.69

1.30

− 3.85

2.51

Purchasing Manager Index (in SD)

164

− 1.62

1.77

− 7.39

1.37

Quarterly data, Q1 and Q2 2020

Number

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Year-on-year % changes exports

110

− 3.49

23.75

− 54.24

100.14

Year-on-year % changes imports

110

− 9.50

29.82

− 95.96

107.58

Covid-19 cases per 1000 people

110

1.41

3.44

0.00

32.77

Stringency index countermeasures

110

45.85

27.511

6.17

92.59

Consumer confidence (in SD)

79

− 0.62

1.23

− 3.38

1.93

Purchasing Manager Index (in SD)

56

− 1.59

1.27

− 5.19

0.30

  1. Note: This table reports summary statistics for the variables used in the regression analysis reported in Tables 2 and 3. Sources: FCA, Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center, Oxford University Coronavirus Government Response Tracker, IHS Markit, Macrobond