Compute the annual standard deviation of returns for all countries from 1980 – 1981 Year Month...

Compute the annual standard deviation of returns for all countries from 1980 – 1981

Year	Month	Australia	Canada	France	Germany	Italy
1980	7	-0.0026889	0.0546111	-0.0204165	0.0369633	0.1278857
1980	8	0.0407999	-0.0117627	0.0244608	-0.0230018	0.0696608
1980	9	0.060746	0.0135679	0.0113528	-0.0190223	0.1420983
1980	10	0.0585204	-0.0220067	0.0920545	-0.0205731	0.2766413
1980	11	-0.0175011	0.0490367	-0.0163204	-0.0030604	-0.0968726
1980	12	-0.030612	-0.074856	-0.0757283	-0.0210946	0.0017446
1981	1	-0.0965194	-0.0119725	-0.0590439	-0.034434	0.1904963
1981	2	-0.0241678	-0.0322855	0.0308526	-0.0096864	0.0908233
1981	3	0.0816266	0.0492637	0.0112111	0.0099601	0.0358859
1981	4	-0.0156632	-0.0168862	-0.0607607	0.0350148	0.1014527
1981	5	-0.0034859	0.0154803	-0.1894615	-0.0372021	0.0531986
1981	6	-0.0324157	-0.0358805	-0.0759704	0.0361752	-0.2164954
1981	7	-0.1098754	-0.05526	0.1138425	-0.0065494	-0.092925
1981	8	-0.0136848	-0.0340705	0.0249309	-0.0462012	0.1319221
1981	9	-0.1024419	-0.1480877	-0.0313814	-0.0480223	-0.1772388
1981	10	-0.0587205	-0.0334613	-0.0514094	-0.015371	-0.051872
1981	11	0.0683676	0.0768831	0.0250603	0.0186473	0.0455291
1981	12	-0.0010473	-0.0444019	-0.0153722	-0.0308835	-0.016512

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