Forecasting with SSpace

[fmgoto]

Hi, I have defined a given SSpace and I am trying to forecast 3-periods ahead with observed explanatory variables. However, it seems that Eviews does not forecast if the SSpace's signal contains lagged dependent variable.

KALMAN.APPEND @SIGNAL LOG(Y) = SV1 + SV2 * LOG(Y(-1))
KALMAN.APPEND @STATE SV1 = SV1(-1) + [VAR=EXP(C(0))]
KALMAN.APPEND @STATE SV2 = SV2(-1)

Is this so? Any idea on how to accomplish the forecast?

Thanks.

[EViews Glenn]

I'm not sure why this doesn't work for you. What is the error message that you get...

[fmgoto]

Glenn, I got no error. I just didnt get the result I expected.

Given that I do have "x" until 2010m03, I was expecting to get "y_hat" until 2010m03 and not 2009m12. Isnt that so? Why?

Thank You, Fabio

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smpl 2000m01 2009m12 sspace KALMAN15 KALMAN15.append @signal log(y) = sv10 + sv_ar1 *log(y(-1)) + sv11*dlog(x) KALMAN15.append @state sv10 = sv10(-1) + [var = exp(c(10))] KALMAN15.append @state sv_ar1 = sv_ar1(-1) KALMAN15.append @state sv11 = sv11(-1) KALMAN15.ml smpl 2000m01 2010m12 KALMAN15.forecast(i=o, m=n) @signal y_hat @state sv10_in sv_ar_in sv11_in

[EViews Glenn]

It's hard to say without seeing your data, but I will note that the following paragraph from the manual may be relevant here

Signal equations may not contain current values or leads of signal variables. You
should be aware that any lagged signals are treated as predetermined for purposes of
multi-step ahead forecasting (for discussion and alternative specifications, see Harvey
1989, p. 367-368).

[fmgoto]

Thank You!