Econ 7380: Macro Modeling and Forecasting

Spring 2001

(The data and homework will be updated as the semester progresses)

Syllabus

Data

MAD95GDP contains annual GDP data from 1870 to 1994 for a number of countries. It is a zip file in RATS format.

MAD95PRG is a short RATS program to read the file. It is an ASCII text file.

EXRATES contains annual real exchange rate data from 1900 to 1990 for four countries. It is a zip file in RATS format.

UN contains annual unemployment rate data from 1955 to 1997 for 16 countries. It is a zip file in RATS format.

REAL contains quarterly exchange rate and CPI data from 1973 (I) to 1998 (IV) for 20 countries. It is a zip file in RATS format.

Homework

Homework 1 is a PDF file with the first homework assignment.

Homework 2 is a PDF file with the second homework assignment.

Homework 3 is a PDF file with the third homework assignment.

Homework 4  is a PDF file with the fourth homework assignment.

Homework 5  is a PDF file with the fifth homework assignment.

Homework 6 is a PDF file with the sixth homework assignment.