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Sorry, must have missed this post the first time around. I'll look into it...

Try running the following code. You should see the CPU pegged at 100% If it isn't, let us know!

EViews 7 should use the maximum number of cores you have automatically. You can check that it is set to do this by looking at Options->General Options->Advanced System Options->Multi-Processor/Multi-core use. It should be set at "Auto". Although you could always manually set it to the numb...

A fun little program... (should work in both 6 and 7)

String Manipulation This program creates some data and some equations, and then uses some of the string manipulation tools to calculate a list of all of the regressors in the equations. Note that the part of the program that creates the data and equations could be replaced by a command to open an e...

This program builds upon the previous one by adding options for the covariance matrix calculation used in the estimation. A check box is added to the first dialog, asking whether the user wishes to change the covariance calculation method. If the box is checked, then a second dialog is brought up wh...

The second user interface program builds upon the first by adding an option to set the sample to be used for the equation, and by amalgamating the dialogs into one single dialog: 'Create a workfile and some series create u 100 series y=nrnd series x=nrnd series w=nrnd '------------------------------...

User Interface and Dialogs This program creates a workfile and some series, then puts up dialogs asking the user to specify the dependent variable and the regressors to be used in a least-squares equation. Note that the part of the program that generates the data could be replaced with a command to...

This program is estimates a number of different equations, each with the same dependent variable, but with different numbers of lags of the dependent variable as regressors. It then selects the number of lags that produces the highest Akaike Information Criterion (AIC). An important aspect of this p...

This program is similar to the previous one, but rather than recording the R-squared from each equation, it records the results of a Wald test, testing the (possibly nonsensical) test of whether the coefficient on the constant term is equal to that on the single regressor: 'create a workfile wfcreat...

Often, rather than requiring the output from each equation, only some of the summary statistics are required. In this case we can store just those summary statistics, rather than store each equation: 'create a workfile wfcreate q 1990 2010 'create a group which will contain the xs group xs 'create 5...

Program 3 is almost the same as the second program, above, but rather than creating series via numerical program variables, a string variable is used instead: 'create a workfile wfcreate q 1990 2010 'create a group which will contain the xs group xs 'create 5 series for %i GDP UNEMP INFL CPI M1 seri...

The second program is similar to the first, but rather than regressing Y on each X variable, it regresses each X on every other X, one at a time: 'create a workfile wfcreate q 1990 2010 'create 5 X series for !i=1 to 5 series x{!i}=nrnd next 'run pairwise regressions between each X and every other X...

FOR loops and IF statements The following program creates some data; a Y variable and 15 X variables, and then regresses Y on a constant and each X in separate equations: 'create a workfile wfcreate q 1990 2010 'create a y series series y=nrnd 'create 15 X series for !i=1 to 15 series x{!i}=nrnd ne...

Perhaps one of the easiest ways to learn a programming language, such as the EViews programming language, is to see examples of simple programs and work through them line by line. The following posts provide a set of easy to follow programs and a description of what each program does. The programs a...