This paper provides documentation for the large-scale estimated DSGE model of the U.S. economy used in Edge, Kiley, and Laforte (2007). The model represents part of an ongoing research project (the Federal Reserve Board's Estimated, Dynamic, Optimization-based--FRB/EDO--model project) in the...

This paper presents a monetary DSGE model of the U.S. economy. The model captures the most important production, expenditure, and nominal-contracting decisions underlying economic data while remaining sufficiently small to allow it to provide a clear interpretation of the data. We emphasize the...

processes, potentially suggesting a role for anticipated or “news” shocks.

This paper analyzes fluctuations in residential investment using an estimated DSGE model of the U.S. economy, which is current used to analyze policy questions and to produce forecasts on a regular basis. Importantly, the model is more detailed in its treatment of domestic spending and...