forecasting the level variable

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forecasting the level variable

Postby lfcburc » Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:12 am

hi everyone..here is my question

i work with some seasonal time series..(i must mention i am very new to the econometrics)..i take logarithm of series firstly,first level difference then,and seasonal difference ..so my series 'export' becomes 'D12DLNEXPORT'..

when i try to forecast ,i just want to predict the level variable: 'export' ,not the latest form(D12DLNEXPORT)..

can someone help please?

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Re: forecasting the level variable

Postby lfcburc » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:47 am

can somebody help please???i need some answers..

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Re: forecasting the level variable

Postby startz » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:58 am

If you are forecasting from an equation, make the left hand side variable dlog(export) and EViews will offer to forecast the level. I'm not sure how to handle the seasonal part.

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Re: forecasting the level variable

Postby lfcburc » Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:43 am

ok thanks..but its the seasonal part that actually causes trouble..

i think it can be something like that.. dlog(export,1,12) or dlog(export,0,12)

does these look possible? any idea?

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Re: forecasting the level variable

Postby lfcburc » Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:48 am

hey admins? no reply to my question?

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Re: forecasting the level variable

Postby EViews Gareth » Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:22 am

You answered your own question. The DLOG function calculates log-difference, and it has arguments for both the difference order and the seasonal difference order.
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Re: forecasting the level variable

Postby lfcburc » Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:57 pm

thanks..

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Re: forecasting the level variable

Postby AntonioAcha » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:34 am

Can someone post the code to forecast the series in levels pls


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