dfms version 0.4.0
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Added support for mixed-frequency estimation with AR(1) idiosyncratic errors (
quarterly.varscombined withidio.ar1 = TRUE). This implements the full model of Banbura and Modugno (2014), allowing observation errors to follow AR(1) processes while handling mixed monthly-quarterly data with temporal aggregation constraints. -
New internal functions
init_cond_MQ_idio()andEMstepBMMQidio()implement the EM algorithm for the combined MQ + idio.ar1 case, with state vector structure[factors, monthly_errors, quarterly_error_lags]. -
Updated
plot.dfm()withtype = "residual"to properly handle mixed-frequency and AR(1) error models by using theresiduals()method internally. -
Added examples and documentation for the new MQ + idio.ar1 functionality in both the
DFM()help page and the introductory vignette.