Model Comparison Seminar

Participants of the Seminar who have forecasts should send them in electronic form to mrdonihu@colby.edu at least one week prior to the next meeting.

MS Excel template for the forecasts

Your forecasts can either be in a spreadsheet or a text file and should include one quarter of actual data, and five years of quarterly forecasts for the following variables.

Gross Domestic Product (Bill 92 $s)
Personal Consumption Exp. (Bill 92 $s)
Government Purchases (Bill 92 $s)
Business Fixed Investment (Bill 92 $s)
Residential Investment (Bill 92 $s)
Net Exports (Bill 92 $s)
Net Exports (Billions of Dollars)
GDP Price Index
Pers. Consumption Exp. Price Index

Import Price Index
Federal Deficit (NIPA Basis, Bill $s)
Civilian Unemployment Rate (%)
3 Month Treasury Bill Rate (%)
Exports (Billions Of 1992 Dollars)
Imports (Billions Of 1992 Dollars)
Chg in Bus Inventories (Bill 92 $s)
Aaa Corporate Bond Rate (%)

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