Information CriteriaChoose the number of factors and the lag-order of the factor VAR. |
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Information Criteria to Determine the Number of Factors (r) |
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Fit a Dynamic Factor ModelDFM estimation via the EM algorithm and PCA, and various methods inspect the model and extract results. |
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Estimate a Dynamic Factor Model |
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DFM Summary Methods |
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Plot DFM |
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Extract Factor Estimates in a Data Frame |
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DFM Residuals and Fitted Values |
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ForecastingForecast both the factors and the data, and methods to visualize forecasts and extract results. |
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DFM Forecasts |
Fast Stationary Kalman Filtering and SmoothingOptimized Armadillo C++ implementations of the stationary Kalman Filter and Smoother. |
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(Fast) Stationary Kalman Filter |
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(Fast) Fixed-Interval Smoother (Kalman Smoother) |
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(Fast) Stationary Kalman Filter and Smoother |
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Helper FunctionsFast VAR, matrix inverses, imputation/removal of missing values in multivariate time series, and convergence check for EM algorithm. |
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(Fast) Barebones Vector-Autoregression |
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Remove and Impute Missing Values in a Multivariate Time Series |
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Armadillo's Inverse Functions |
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Convergence Test for EM-Algorithm |
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DataEuro area macroeconomic data from Banbura and Modugno (2014), and 3 DFM specifications considered in their paper. |
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Euro Area Macroeconomic Data from Banbura and Modugno 2014 |