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fzero in steady state file
by Marco.RATTO＠ec.europa.eu 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

Dear All, do you confirm that the only way to use solvers like fzero in st state computation is to write the external matlab steady state file, skipping the steady_state_model block? many thanks for your advice best Marco --- Marco Ratto, Finance and Economy Joint Research Centre European Commission, TP 361, 21027 ISPRA(VA), ITALY Tel: +39 0332 78 3794 Fax: +39 0332 78 5752, marco.ratto(a)ec.europa.eu

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fzero in steady state computation
by Marco.RATTO＠ec.europa.eu 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

Dear All, do you confirm that the only way to use solvers like fzero in steady state computations is to use the external matlab steady state file, without using the steady_state_model block? i.e. in steady_state_model we cannot use fzero? many thanks for your advice best Marco --- Marco Ratto, Finance and Economy Joint Research Centre European Commission, TP 361, 21027 ISPRA(VA), ITALY Tel: +39 0332 78 3794 Fax: +39 0332 78 5752, marco.ratto(a)ec.europa.eu

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Improvements to use_dll
by Sébastien Villemot 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

Hi all, I have pushed several improvements to the "use_dll" option, which is the mechanism by which we tell Dynare to compile the model equations and derivatives using a C compiler, instead of using MATLAB output. This option is useful when the model is evaluated a large number of times (for example for estimation or extended path), since evaluation will then be much faster. This however comes at a (fixed) cost, corresponding to the compilation time, so there is a trade-off involved. So far, this option was suffering from two limitations: – the compilation was very long on large models – under Windows, the option was only accessible after going through an extra (and possibly cumbersome) installation step (the user had first to install a compiler and then to tell MATLAB where to find it) The changes that I have pushed address these two problems. For the compilation speed issue, the solution consists in disabling certain compiler optimizations that take a long time while not being relevant for our use case (e.g. common sub-expression elimination, which is already done in the preprocessor under the name of “temporary terms”). By analyzing the time spent by the compiler in the various optimization phases (using the "-Q -v" options of GCC), I came up with a list of flags that give a very significant speed boost (as a data point, I can now compile the dynamic file for GIMF with 6 countries at 2nd derivation order in 40 sec on my machine). You can see the exact list of compilation flags in ModelTree::compileDll(). In the near future, I plan to provide an interface for customizing these flags. For the other issue, the solution is in two steps. First, the compilation of the model MEX files is now done by the preprocessor (it used to be done by the mex command within MATLAB). Secondly, under Windows, the Dynare installer will now contain a full working copy of MinGW (i.e. GCC for Windows), so that everything now works out-of-the- box without any further manual step. This however comes at a space cost: the installer will now be 100Mb (instead of 20Mb previously), and the disk space used will now be 800Mb (instead of 100Mb). Note that both 32- and 64-bit compilers are included, and most users need only one of the two (depending on their version of MATLAB, and not on their version of Windows), so it is in theory possible to divide this space by two. One possibility is to unselect the version that is not needed during the installation process. Alternatively, we could produce two installers, one for 32-bit, one for 64-bit. But note that both solutions require that the user knows which flavor of MATLAB he has. Also note that, under Octave for Windows, we use the compiler shipped with Octave instead of the one shipped with Dynare. Finally, there is an issue concerning macOS. The optimization flags that are passed to the compiler are specific to GCC, while macOS people tend to work with Clang. We plan to solve this by distributing Dynare on macOS exclusively through homebrew (this was already the case for the Octave version under macOS, but not for the MATLAB version). This will provide an easy way of installing GCC (and by the way this will simplify things on macOS, since there will be a unified installation procedure across both MATLAB and Octave). Please test the new setup (Windows snapshot installers should be ready by tomorrow) and give your feedback. If everything works well, we could even consider making use_dll the default (but we're not yet there). Best, -- Sébastien Villemot Economist at CEPREMAP Dynare developer http://sebastien.villemot.name

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Wiki
by Johannes Pfeifer 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Hi, now that we have moved to our own Gitlab instance, how do we proceed with the Wiki at https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/wiki ? Regards, Johannes ------------- Johannes Pfeifer Center for Macroeconomic Research, Room 7.37 University of Cologne Albertus-Magnus-Platz 50923 Köln Germany Tel.: +49 - 221 470-2319 jpfeifer(a)uni-koeln.de

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Automated runs of the Dynare testsuite
by Sébastien Villemot 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Hi all, Following the move to Gitlab, we have changed the way the Dynare testsuite is run automatically. Instead of running it once every day, it will now be run automatically for every commit that you push (but only on MATLAB). We leverage the continuous integration feature of Gitlab for that purpose. If your commit fails the testsuite, a red mark will appear next to it (and you can have access to the logs by clicking on the mark). For example, have a look at: https://git.dynare.org/Dynare/dynare/commi ts/master The green marks on the right mean that the commits passed the testsuite. You can also see all the last runs of the testsuite by clicking on "CI/CD" then "Pipelines" : https://git.dynare.org/Dynare/dynare/pipelin es The testsuite will also be run once a week (during the week-end), including the Octave testsuite (which is very time consuming). Best, -- Sébastien Villemot Economist at CEPREMAP Dynare developer http://sebastien.villemot.name

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Status of testsuite on master branch (Octave)
by Dynare Robot 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

6f12959dcd6de5b4c2346b8b9e19990f3f295a9e Various CI build fixes ================================ DYNARE MAKE CHECK OCTAVE RESULTS ================================ | TOTAL: 895 | PASS: 836 | FAIL: 50 | XFAIL: 9 | XPASS: 0 | LIST OF FAILED TESTS: | * TeX/fs2000_corr_ME.mod | * estimation/fs2000_model_comparison.mod | * estimation/tune_mh_jscale/fs2000.mod | * gsa/ls2003.mod | * example1_use_dll.mod | * example2long.mod | * example2long_use_dll.mod | * optimal_policy/nk_ramsey_expectation_a.mod | * optimal_policy/Ramsey/ramsey_ex.mod | * optimal_policy/Ramsey/ramsey_ex_aux.mod | * optimal_policy/Ramsey/ramsey_histval.mod | * discretionary_policy/dennis_1.mod | * discretionary_policy/Gali_discretion.mod | * k_order_perturbation/fs2000k2_use_dll.mod | * k_order_perturbation/fs2000k_1_use_dll.mod | * k_order_perturbation/fs2000k3_use_dll.mod | * k_order_perturbation/fs2000k2_m.mod | * k_order_perturbation/fs2000k_1_m.mod | * k_order_perturbation/fs2000k3_m.mod | * AIM/fs2000x10L9_L_AIM.mod | * AIM/fs2000x10_L9_L_AIM.mod | * AIM/fs2000_b1L1L_AIM.mod | * AIM/ls2003_2L0L_AIM.mod | * AIM/ls2003_2L2L_AIM.mod | * identification/correlated_errors/fs2000_corr.mod | * conditional_forecasts/5/fs2000_cal.mod | * kalman_filter_smoother/algo2.mod | * kalman_filter_smoother/algo4.mod | * kalman_filter_smoother/algoH2.mod | * second_order/ds2.mod | * deterministic_simulations/rbc_det_exo_lag_2b.mod | * deterministic_simulations/rbc_det_exo_lag_2c.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/sim_exo_lead_lag_aux_vars.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/sim_exo_lead_lag.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/sim_endo_lead_lag_aux_vars.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/sim_endo_lead_lag.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/sim_lead_lag_aux_vars.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/sim_lead_lag.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/ramst_augmented_histval.mod | * deterministic_simulations/rbc_det_stack_solve_algo_7.mod | * deterministic_simulations/rbc_det_stack_solve_algo_7_exo_lag.mod | * deterministic_simulations/rbc_det_stack_solve_algo_7_exo_lead.mod | * lmmcp/sw_newton.mod | * loglinear/example4_loglinear_lagged_exogenous_a.mod | * dynare-command-options/ramst.mod | * run_block_byte_tests_octave.m | * run_reporting_test_octave.m | * ../matlab/load_m_file_data_legacy.m#1 | * ../matlab/modules/dseries/src/(a)x13/print.m#1 | * ../matlab/modules/dseries/src/utilities/x13/printspan.m#3 | | LIST OF 10 SLOWEST TESTS: | * estimation/tune_mh_jscale/fs2000.mod - 5586.393927 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_loglinear_no_prefilter_MC.mod - 3949.811109 | * shock_decomposition/ls2003_plot.mod - 2189.152405 | * optimizers/fs2000_6.mod - 2143.089450 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_no_prefilter_MC.mod - 2112.887935 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_prefilter_MC.mod - 1958.409672 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_loglinear_prefilter_MC.mod - 1943.978849 | * estimation/slice/fs2000_slice.mod - 1899.263999 | * estimation/TaRB/fs2000_tarb.mod - 1896.915272 | * optimizers/fs2000_9.mod - 1867.392605 A full log can be found at http://www.dynare.org/testsuite/master-octave//octave Run on Octave GNU Octave, version 4.4.0 by dynbot, Linux sedna 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-3+deb9u4 (2018-08-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Status of testsuite on master branch (MATLAB)
by Dynare Robot 12 Sep '18

12 Sep '18

6f12959dcd6de5b4c2346b8b9e19990f3f295a9e Various CI build fixes ================================ DYNARE MAKE CHECK MATLAB RESULTS ================================ | TOTAL: 944 | PASS: 935 | FAIL: 0 | XFAIL: 9 | XPASS: 0 | | LIST OF 10 SLOWEST TESTS: | * estimation/tune_mh_jscale/fs2000.mod - 1276.907498 | * shock_decomposition/ls2003_plot.mod - 421.406152 | * gsa/ls2003.mod - 339.880464 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_loglinear_no_prefilter_MC.mod - 309.093725 | * TeX/fs2000_corr_ME.mod - 302.337736 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_no_prefilter_MC.mod - 275.736726 | * optimizers/fs2000_6.mod - 266.789794 | * estimation/TaRB/fs2000_tarb.mod - 260.733661 | * estimation/slice/fs2000_slice.mod - 248.334790 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_loglinear_prefilter_MC.mod - 245.731041 A full log can be found at http://www.dynare.org/testsuite/master//matlab Run on Matlab R2016b by dynbot, Linux sedna 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-3+deb9u4 (2018-08-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Status of testsuite on master branch (Octave)
by Dynare Robot 12 Sep '18

12 Sep '18

2ba50d3b3b4182a1df5a6d1a77b36837d7252d0d preprocessor: submodule update ================================ DYNARE MAKE CHECK OCTAVE RESULTS ================================ | TOTAL: 895 | PASS: 835 | FAIL: 51 | XFAIL: 9 | XPASS: 0 | LIST OF FAILED TESTS: | * TeX/fs2000_corr_ME.mod | * estimation/fs2000_model_comparison.mod | * estimation/tune_mh_jscale/fs2000.mod | * gsa/ls2003.mod | * example1_use_dll.mod | * example2long.mod | * example2long_use_dll.mod | * optimal_policy/nk_ramsey_expectation_a.mod | * optimal_policy/Ramsey/ramsey_ex.mod | * optimal_policy/Ramsey/ramsey_ex_aux.mod | * optimal_policy/Ramsey/ramsey_histval.mod | * discretionary_policy/dennis_1.mod | * discretionary_policy/Gali_discretion.mod | * k_order_perturbation/fs2000k2_use_dll.mod | * k_order_perturbation/fs2000k_1_use_dll.mod | * k_order_perturbation/fs2000k3_use_dll.mod | * k_order_perturbation/fs2000k2_m.mod | * k_order_perturbation/fs2000k_1_m.mod | * k_order_perturbation/fs2000k3_m.mod | * AIM/fs2000x10L9_L_AIM.mod | * AIM/fs2000x10_L9_L_AIM.mod | * AIM/fs2000_b1L1L_AIM.mod | * AIM/ls2003_2L0L_AIM.mod | * AIM/ls2003_2L2L_AIM.mod | * identification/correlated_errors/fs2000_corr.mod | * conditional_forecasts/5/fs2000_cal.mod | * kalman_filter_smoother/algo2.mod | * kalman_filter_smoother/algo4.mod | * kalman_filter_smoother/algoH2.mod | * second_order/ds2.mod | * deterministic_simulations/rbc_det_exo_lag_2b.mod | * deterministic_simulations/rbc_det_exo_lag_2c.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/sim_exo_lead_lag_aux_vars.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/sim_exo_lead_lag.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/sim_endo_lead_lag_aux_vars.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/sim_endo_lead_lag.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/sim_lead_lag_aux_vars.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/sim_lead_lag.mod | * deterministic_simulations/multiple_lead_lags/ramst_augmented_histval.mod | * deterministic_simulations/rbc_det_stack_solve_algo_7.mod | * deterministic_simulations/rbc_det_stack_solve_algo_7_exo_lag.mod | * deterministic_simulations/rbc_det_stack_solve_algo_7_exo_lead.mod | * lmmcp/sw_newton.mod | * loglinear/example4_loglinear_lagged_exogenous_a.mod | * dynare-command-options/ramst.mod | * run_block_byte_tests_octave.m | * run_reporting_test_octave.m | * ../matlab/load_m_file_data_legacy.m#1 | * ../matlab/modules/dseries/src/(a)x13/clean.m#1 | * ../matlab/modules/dseries/src/(a)x13/print.m#1 | * ../matlab/modules/dseries/src/utilities/x13/printspan.m#3 | | LIST OF 10 SLOWEST TESTS: | * estimation/tune_mh_jscale/fs2000.mod - 6350.922815 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_loglinear_no_prefilter_MC.mod - 4163.300337 | * shock_decomposition/ls2003_plot.mod - 3014.485866 | * optimizers/fs2000_6.mod - 2158.329377 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_no_prefilter_MC.mod - 2117.103468 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_prefilter_MC.mod - 1935.796859 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_loglinear_prefilter_MC.mod - 1929.460866 | * estimation/slice/fs2000_slice.mod - 1914.861464 | * optimizers/fs2000_9.mod - 1883.752131 | * estimation/TaRB/fs2000_tarb.mod - 1882.005586 A full log can be found at http://www.dynare.org/testsuite/master-octave//octave Run on Octave GNU Octave, version 4.4.0 by dynbot, Linux sedna 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-3+deb9u4 (2018-08-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Status of testsuite on master branch (MATLAB)
by Dynare Robot 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

2ba50d3b3b4182a1df5a6d1a77b36837d7252d0d preprocessor: submodule update ================================ DYNARE MAKE CHECK MATLAB RESULTS ================================ | TOTAL: 944 | PASS: 935 | FAIL: 0 | XFAIL: 9 | XPASS: 0 | | LIST OF 10 SLOWEST TESTS: | * estimation/tune_mh_jscale/fs2000.mod - 1274.285747 | * shock_decomposition/ls2003_plot.mod - 423.285145 | * gsa/ls2003.mod - 340.101375 | * TeX/fs2000_corr_ME.mod - 302.324549 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_loglinear_no_prefilter_MC.mod - 299.893453 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_no_prefilter_MC.mod - 269.551457 | * estimation/TaRB/fs2000_tarb.mod - 266.530656 | * optimizers/fs2000_6.mod - 262.228974 | * observation_trends_and_prefiltering/MCMC/Trend_loglinear_prefilter_MC.mod - 246.420626 | * estimation/slice/fs2000_slice.mod - 246.112281 A full log can be found at http://www.dynare.org/testsuite/master//matlab Run on Matlab R2016b by dynbot, Linux sedna 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-3+deb9u4 (2018-08-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux

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saving Jacobian
by Michel Juillard 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Hi there, is it correct that it isn't possible anymore to save the Jacobian with Dynare except if the Jacobian is somewhat defective? I know that at least Tao Zha uses options_.debug = true for that purpose in older Dynare versions. Best -- Michel Juillard

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