Department of Economics

ECON 390: Economic Forecasting
Spring 2014
Bruce Hansen

TR, 1:00 - 2:15. Humanities 1221
email: behansen@wisc.edu
Classlist econ390-14-s14@lists.wisc.edu

The prerequite is Econ 410 (Econometrics).

Syllabus
Forecasting Project
Reading Reflections

STATA Handout

Data Files
gdp2013.dta GDP Growth
realgdp2013.dta GDP in Levels
participation.dta Labor Force Participation Rates
sales.dta Retail Sales
s&p.dta Standard&Poors
record.dta World Record Data
housingstarts.dta Housing Starts
ur.dta U.S. Unemployment Rates
ur_nsa.dta U.S. Unemployment Rates, not seasonally adjusted
gasoline.dta Gasoline Sales
uclaims.dta Unemployment Claims
liquor.dta Retail Liquor Sales
interest.dta Interest Rates and Unemployment Rates

Problem Sets
Problem Set 1 (Due Jan 28)
Problem Set 2 (Due Feb 4)
Problem Set 3 (Due Feb 11)
Problem Set 4 (Due Feb 18)
Problem Set 5 (Due March 4)
Problem Set 6 (Due March 13)
Problem Set 7 (Due April 1)
Problem Set 8 (Due April 22)
Problem Set 9 (Due April 29)

Lectures:
Lecture 1 (Jan 21)
Lecture 2 (Jan 23)
Lecture 3 (Jan 28)
Lecture 4 (Jan 30)
Lecture 5 (Feb 4)
Lecture 6 (Feb 6)
Lecture 7 (Feb 11)
Lecture 8 (Feb 13)
Lecture 9 (Feb 18)
Lecture 10 (Feb 25)
Lecture 11 (Feb 27)
Lecture 12 (March 4)
Lecture 13 (March 6)
Lecture 14 (March 13)
Lecture 15 (March 25)
Lecture 16 (March 27)
Lecture 17 (April 1)
Lecture 18 (April 3)
Lecture 19 (April 10)
Lecture 20 (April 15)
Lecture 21 (April 17)
Lecture 22 (April 22)
Lecture 23 (April 24)
Lecture 24 (April 29)
Lecture 25 (May 1)
Lecture 26 (May 6)

Links:
Unemployment Rate Forecast
STATA
Resources for Economists
Bruce Hansen's Webpage
Department of Economics
Grievance Procedure