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by soungl
Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:39 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: IF command
Replies: 12
Views: 29625

IF command

Hi, I have a question about IF command. I’m using EViews 6. I tried the following program with no success. series a if x>0 then series a=1 endif x is a numerical series as follows: 3 4 -3 10 The program keeps producing a with NA NA NA NA when it should produce 1 1 NA 1 What am I doing wrong? Thank y...
by soungl
Mon Jan 31, 2011 2:27 pm
Forum: Data Manipulation
Topic: data categorized by industry code
Replies: 0
Views: 2373

data categorized by industry code

Hi, I'd like your advice what data structure would be best for my situation. Thank you in advance. I have a data set classfied by multiple criteria like the following. j (area) i (industry) year E 001 11 2008 10 001 111 2008 5 001 112 2008 1 001 113 2008 3 003 11 2008 17 003 111 2008 3 003 113 2008 ...
by soungl
Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:31 pm
Forum: Data Manipulation
Topic: Importing database from BLS
Replies: 2
Views: 4691

Importing database from BLS

How can I import END files from the Census of Employment and Wages by Bureau of Labor Statistics? The END files are available on the following link:

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ ... /national/

I don't see the END file type in File/Open/Databases.

Thank you.
by soungl
Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:48 pm
Forum: Data Manipulation
Topic: fetching object from database
Replies: 1
Views: 3589

fetching object from database

I can't fetch objects from database by typing commands in command area, while I can do the same by using Fetch on the toolbar of the workfile. Eviews doesn't seem to recognize the file extention name edb. The following is what I typed in commend area: fetch "c:\program files (x86)\eviews6\examp...
by soungl
Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:09 am
Forum: Estimation
Topic: seasonality in VEC
Replies: 0
Views: 2468

seasonality in VEC

Hi I have two monthly varialbes - employment and wages at the county level. Wage data is released with a lag of 6 months. I'd like to forecast the current values of wages (for the past six months) before it is reported. Since these two varilabes are tested to be cointegrated of order 1, I ran VECM w...
by soungl
Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:54 am
Forum: Estimation
Topic: forecasting with VEC
Replies: 0
Views: 2377

forecasting with VEC

Hi I have two monthly varialbes - employment and wages at the county level. Wage data is released with a lag of 6 months. I'd like to forecast the current values of wages (for the past six months) before it is reported. Since these two varilabes are tested to be cointegrated of order 1, I'm consider...
by soungl
Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:46 am
Forum: Data Manipulation
Topic: computing the index
Replies: 2
Views: 4996

computing the index

Hi, I'm wondering how to create a series with the following equation in EViews.

X(t) = X(t-1) * (200+Y(t))/(200-Y(t)), setting the intital value of X(1) = 100.

Dan

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