Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the variables.

		Mean	Maximum	Minimum	Std. Dev.	Skewness	Kurtosis	Jarque-Bera
BRICS	CI	18.499	25.560	12.470	4.091	0.193	1.756	1.838
	CPI	72.925	119.990	37.205	26.778	0.364	1.817	2.089
	GDP	9,264.723	11,567.000	7,154.200	1,372.790	0.225	1.794	1.796
	IC	19,097.200	23,597.000	15,025.300	2,668.759	0.240	1.795	1.823
	SP	0.447	0.481	0.421	0.013	0.398	3.942	1.648
ASEAN	CI	19.990	29.160	11.620	5.871	0.099	1.573	2.250
	CPI	68.479	136.800	17.748	34.551	0.309	2.129	1.237
	GDP	5,691.715	7,784.000	4,361.800	1,253.775	0.490	1.657	2.992
	IC	10,154.080	14,256.000	7,544.000	2,457.967	0.487	1.672	2.939
	SP	0.495	0.557	0.395	0.040	−0.880	3.114	3.370