The following topics are likely to be covered: - basic optimisation techniques; - model microfoundations; - models of the business cycle, including models with financial frictions; - simple solution methods; - input data preparation and manipulation; - construction and estimation of small...

This two-week seminar aims to improve participants’ understanding of current modelling strategies and forecasting techniques. The following topics will be covered: - unit roots, cointegration and error-correction mechanisms; - techniques for modelling unobserved economic components,...

This one-week seminar will introduce central bankers to economic modelling techniques for monetary policy purposes by reviewing various modelling approaches: theoretical models of the dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) type and estimated time-series models, including (semi) structural...

This two-week seminar aims to improve participants’ understanding of current modelling strategies and forecasting techniques. The event is a combination of lectures on the theory and methods of policy analysis and design, practical problems in modelling and forecasting and computer-based...

This one-week seminar will introduce central bankers to economic modelling techniques for monetary policy purposes by reviewing various modelling approaches: theoretical models of the dynamic stochastic general equilibrium type and estimated time-series models, including (semi) structural...

The event is a combination of lectures on the theory and methods of policy analysis and design, practical problems in modelling and forecasting and computer-based exercises. The following topics will be covered: • unit roots, cointegration and error-correction mechanisms; • techniques for...

Models are essential in developing rigorous, coherent and robust frameworks for economic analysis, thinking and policymaking in central banks. This one-week seminar focuses on the basics of economic modelling with a combination of lectures on introductory modelling theory and practical exercises...