INTRODUCTION - I
ITU
MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING FACULTY
Prof. Bur lengin
FALL 2011
OBJECTIVES
UNDERSTAND THE MAIN DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN TIME-SERIES ECONOMETRICS
AND OTHER ECONOMETRIC MODELLING
TECHNIQUES.
BE AWARE OF CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
TIME SERIES
SELECT THE MOST APPROPRIATE
FORECASTING METHOD TO THE PROBLEM AT
HAND.
DETECT THE PROBLEMS IN FORECASTING
PROCESS AND FIND THE SOLUTIONS TO
THEM.
DIFFERENT SCOPES
TERMS
SHORT TERM
MEDIUM TERM
LONG TERM
APPROACH
QUANTITATIVE
QUALITATIVE
WORK LOAD
MASS FORECASTING
CUSTOMIZED FORECASTING
OUR SCOPE
TERMS
SHORT TERM
MEDIUM TERM
APPROACH
QUANTITATIVE
WORK LOAD
CUSTOMIZED FORECASTING
NEEDS TO FORECAST
PLANNING
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PRODUCTION & INVENTORY CONTROL
HUMAN RESOURCE
PERSONAL
......
POLICY GENERATION
NO UNDERSTANDING EFFORT FOR
CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS
WEAKNESS OF FORECASTING
Characteristics of Forecasts
Forecasts are usually wrong or seldom correct
Aggregate forecasts are usually more accurate
Less accurate further into the future
QUARTERLY INFLATION
4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
2009
1
0.5
0
-0.5
2003Q2
2004Q1
2004Q4
2005Q3
2006Q2
2007Q1
2007Q4
2008Q3
2008Q4
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
97
98
99
00
01
OTOMOBIL
02
03
MONTHLY MARGARINE
CONSUMPTION
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
97
98
99
00
01
MARGARIN
02
03
80000000
60000000
40000000
20000000
0
1997
1998
1999
2000
BIRA
2001
2002
2003
INGREDIENTS
THERE IS NO
CRYSTAL BALL
FORTUNETELLER
PSYCHIC
IT IS NOT PURE
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
STATISTICS
MATHEMATICS
ECONOMICS
FINANCE
MARKETING
ART
LECTURES
50% LECTURE & 50% APPLICATION.
EVIEWS SOFTWARE WILL BE USED
EXAMPLES: REAL LIFE DATA
EACH STUDENT WILL HAVE DIFFERENT
DATA SET
ALL THE COVERED TECHNIQUES WILL
BE APPLIED THE DATA SET
COURSE MATERIAL
TEXT BOOKS
BUSINESS FORECASTING, J.H. WILSON and B. KEATING 5th Ed.
2007
SUPPLEMENTARY BOOKS
TEMEL EKONOMETR Gujarati, 2001
APPLICATIONS
REAL LIFE DATA EXAMPLES & PROJECTS
SOFTWARE
Eviews 5.0
Website
www.akademi.itu.edu.tr/gunduzu
COURSE OUTLINE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE FORECAST PROCESS, DATA
CONSIDERATIONS AND MODEL SELECTION
3. MOVING AVERAGES AND EXPONENTIAL
SMOOTHING
4. MODELLING TREND : INTRODUCTION TO
5.
6.
COURSE FLOW
ONE WEEK LECTURE
ONE WEEK APPLICATION IN COMP.
LAB.
SOME REMARKS ON
FORECASTING
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't
have knowledge. "
Lao Tzu, 6th Century BC Chinese Poet
"I have seen the future and it is very much like the present, only
longer."
Kehlog Albran, The Profit
SOME REMARKS ON
FORECASTING
"Forecasting is the art of saying what will happen, and then
explaining why it didn't! "
Anonymous
"Wall Street indices predicted nine out of the last five recessions ! "
Paul A. Samuelson
"A good forecaster is not smarter than everyone else, he merely has
his ignorance better organised. "
Anonymous
"An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things
he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. "
Evan Esar
2.
FORECAST OBJECT
a. EVENT OUTCOME: AN EVENT IS CERTAIN TO TAKE PLACE AT A
GIVEN TIME BUT THE OUTCOME IS UNCERTAIN : BONUS, ELECTIONS
b. EVENT TIMING: AN EVENT IS CERTAIN TO TAKE PLACE AND THE
OUTCOME IS KNOWN, BUT THE TIMING IS UNCERTAIN : QUIZ
c. TIME SERIES: PROJECTING THE FUTURE VALUE OF A TIME SERIES
OF INTEREST : INFLATION, GROWTH, SALES
3.
FORECAST STATEMENT
a. POINT FORECAST
b. INTERVAL FORECAST
c. DENSITY FORECAST
b.
b.
c.
TIME-SERIES ECONOMETRICS
versus
ECONOMETRIC MODELLING
Non-theoretic beginnings.
Dissatisfaction with the dynamic specifications
in macro models.
Forecasting focus.
Warning.. Time-series side-steps some
important specification issues.
QUANTITATIVE FORECASTING
Forecasting based on data and
models
Casual Models:
Price
Population
Advertising
Causal
Model
Year 2000
Sales
Time Series
Model
Year 2000
Sales
QUALITATIVE FORECASTING
Forecasting based on experience, judgment,
and knowledge
Sales force composites (field sales force)
Consumer market survey (users expectations)
Jury of executive
The Delphi method
OVERVIEW OF FORECASTING
MODELS
Forecasting
Models
Qualitative
Sales force
composite
Moving
average
Consumer
survey
Jury of
executive
Exponential
smoothing
Quantitative
Delphi
method
Decomposition
Causal
Time series
ARIMA
Neural
networks
Regression
Econometrics
ANSCOMBEs QUARTET
Obs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
X1
Y1
10.00 8.04
8.00 6.95
13.00 7.58
9.00 8.81
11.00 8.33
14.00 9.96
6.00 7.24
4.00 4.26
12.00 10.84
7.00 4.82
5.00 5.68
MEAN 9.00
VARIANCE 11.00
7.50
4.13
Obs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
X2
10.00
8.00
13.00
9.00
11.00
14.00
6.00
4.00
12.00
7.00
5.00
Y2
9.14
8.14
8.74
8.77
9.26
8.10
6.13
3.10
9.13
7.26
4.74
MEAN 9.00
VARIANCE 11.00
7.50
4.13
Obs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
X3
Y3
10.00 7.46
8.00 6.77
13.00 12.74
9.00 7.11
11.00 7.81
14.00 8.84
6.00 6.08
4.00 5.39
12.00 8.15
7.00 6.42
5.00 5.73
MEAN 9.00
VARIANCE 11.00
7.50
4.12
Obs
X4
Y4
1
8.00 6.58
2
8.00 5.76
3
8.00 7.71
4
8.00 8.84
5
8.00 8.47
6
8.00 7.04
7
8.00 5.25
8
19.00 12.50
9
8.00 5.56
10
8.00 7.91
11
8.00 6.89
MEAN 9.00
VARIANCE 11.00
7.50
4.12
Y2=3+0.5*X2
Y4=3+0.5*X4
ANSCOMBEs QUARTET
Y1 vs . X 1
Y2 vs . X 2
12
12
10
10
8
Y2
14
Y1
14
Y1=3+0.5*X1
Y2=3+0.5*X2
0
0
12
16
20
12
X1
16
20
X2
Y3 vs . X 3
Y4 vs . X 4
14
14
12
12
10
10
8
Y4
Y3
Y3=3+0.5*X3
2
0
0
12
X3
16
Y4=3+0.5*X4
2
20
0
0
12
X4
16
20
Trend
Random
movement
Demand
Demand
Time
Demand
Time
Demand
Time
Seasonal
pattern
Cycle
Trend with
seasonal pattern
Time
Time
Yt
Time
NONLINEARITY
Yt
Time
NONLINEARITY
Yt
Time
OUTLIERS
Yt
Time
STRUCTURAL BREAKS
Yt
Time
20
100
80
10
60
40
-10
10
20
30
RANDOM
SEAS
-20
0
10
20
30
80
60
40
20
0
0
-10
0
100
TREND
20
10
20
30
10
20
30
FORECASTING
TREND+SEASONALITY
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
Value
20
X
10
0
XF
1
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
TREND
Most of the economic and business time series show trend
The trend behavior may be
Upward
Downward
Linear
Nonlinear
Steep
Smooth
Mostly, the time series show the mix of these behaviors.
Yt
Yt
Yt
Yt
TREND
Linear trend
yt= + t + t
t = 1, 2, ... , n
Nonlinear trend
yt = A*ert t
yt = + 1 t + 2 t2 + t
Transformation yt = ln(wt) generally achive linearity
TREND
Trend may be
If we observe
only this part, we
may assume
deterministic
trend
Deterministic
Stochastic randomly changing trends
Both
Yt
Yt
Stochastic trend
Deterministic trend
Graphical examination does not provide solid evidence for the type of the trend
SEASONALITY
Observations in certain seasons display
different features to those in other seasons.
Tourist arrivals
Sales such as beverages, automobiles
Inflation
Stock prices
Agricultural production
SEASONALITY
S= number of seasons (periods)
Monthly data s = 12
Quarterly data s = 4
Daily data s = 5
SEASONALITY
Seasonality may be
Deterministic
Stochastic
Seasonal
pattern
Seasonal
pattern
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Period I
Q4
Period II
DETERMINISTIC SEASONALITY
yt-yt-1 = 1*D1 + 2* D2 + 3*D3 + 4*D4 + t
Dst = 1 if t = (T-1)*S + s
Dst = 0 otherwise
Year Quarter D1
s = 1, 2, ..,S
T = 1, 2,...,n
D2
D3
D4
1990
1990
1990
1990
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1991
1991
1991
1991
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
STOCHASTIC SEASONALITY
yt-yt-s = s + t
s = 1, 2, ..,S
t = 1, 2,...,n
Yt
Time
Yt = Yt-Yt-1
Time
Gives wrong
signals and
hides true model
Time
CONDITIONAL VARIANCE
( yt-yt-1 )2 = + ( yt-1-yt-2 )2 + t
Variance
indicator
Yt
Time
NONLINEARITY
Yt
Yt
COMMON TRENDS
Yt 2
Yt
Xt 2
Xt
Common Trend
Common Variance
91
92
93
94
95
96
DOLAR
97
98
99
00
01
PRODUCTION INDEX
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
URETIND
97
98
99
00
01
USA GDP
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
50
55
60
65
70
75
USAGDP
80
85
90
95
0.02
0.01
0.00
-0.01
-0.02
200
400
600
M1
800
1000
400
600
M6
800
1000
ORTALAMA
MAX.
MN.
MEDYAN
15-Jan-02
51
4.00
6.00
2.50
4.00
31-Jan-02
61
3.80
6.00
2.40
3.90
15-Feb-02
62
3.80
5.50
2.00
3.70
28-Feb-02
62
3.70
5.00
2.20
3.70
ORTALAMA
MAX.
MN.
MEDYAN
15-Jun-03
74
0.80
2.00
-0.40
0.90
0.80
2.00
-0.40
0.80
15.Mar.02
63
2.60
4.50
1.50
2.60
30-Jun-03
81
31.Mar.02
65
2.50
3.50
1.50
2.50
15-Apr-02
0.30
2.00
-1.00
0.30
2.00
3.50
1.00
2.00
15-Jul-03
81
79
30-Apr-02
78
2.00
4.80
1.00
2.00
31-Jul-03
73
0.20
2.00
-1.00
0.30
15.May.02
82
1.80
3.00
0.90
1.90
15-Aug-03
67
0.60
2.00
-0.60
0.50
31.May.02
83
1.90
3.00
0.90
1.90
15-Jun-02
0.50
2.00
-0.60
0.50
1.00
2.20
-0.30
1.00
31-Aug-03
66
85
30-Jun-02
78
1.20
2.60
-0.30
1.20
15-Sep-03
69
1.60
3.00
0.30
1.70
15-Jul-02
74
1.40
3.10
0.10
1.50
30-Sep-03
71
1.50
3.00
-0.10
1.60
31-Jul-02
72
1.50
3.10
0.50
1.50
15-Aug-02
69
1.80
3.00
0.70
1.70
15-Oct-03
77
1.80
3.00
0.40
1.80
31-Aug-02
77
1.80
3.00
0.90
1.80
31-Oct-03
72
1.70
3.00
0.40
1.80
15-Sep-02
73
3.30
4.70
1.50
3.30
15-Nov-03
75
1.60
3.00
0.70
1.50
30-Sep-02
77
3.30
4.70
1.50
3.20
15-Oct-02
75
3.40
4.40
2.00
3.50
30-Nov-03
87
1.60
3.00
0.50
1.60
31-Oct-02
78
3.40
4.50
1.50
3.50
15-Dec-03
94
1.40
2.20
0.60
1.40
15-Nov-02
74
3.00
4.00
1.50
3.00
31-Dec-03
89
1.40
2.00
0.50
1.40
30-Nov-02
73
3.00
4.50
1.70
3.00
15-Dec-02
74
2.50
4.70
1.40
2.50
15-Jan-04
82
1.30
2.70
0.40
1.30
31-Dec-02
72
2.60
4.70
1.00
2.50
31-Jan-04
88
1.40
2.70
0.50
1.40
15-Jan-03
75
2.60
4.00
1.00
2.50
31-Jan-03
1.10
2.00
0.40
1.10
2.60
4.00
1.00
2.50
15-Feb-04
81
74
15-Feb-03
75
2.50
4.10
1.20
2.50
29-Feb-04
83
1.10
2.10
0.40
1.10
28-Feb-03
78
2.40
3.80
1.20
2.50
15.Mar.04
94
1.00
1.80
0.40
1.00
15.Mar.03
76
2.30
4.00
0.90
2.20
31.Mar.03
1.00
1.80
0.40
1.00
2.30
3.80
0.90
2.40
31.Mar.04
84
66
15-Apr-03
71
2.40
4.00
1.10
2.50
30-Apr-03
76
2.40
4.00
1.10
2.50
15.May.03
72
1.40
2.20
0.40
1.40
31.May.03
73
1.20
2.20
0.30
1.20
1.04
10.01.2003
1.04
17.01.2003
1.05
24.01.2003
1.07
31.01.2003
1.08
07.02.2003
1.08
14.02.2003
1.08
21.02.2003
1.07
28.02.2003
1.08
07.03.2003
1.09
14.03.2003
1.10
21.03.2003
1.07
28.03.2003
1.07
04.04.2003
1.08
11.04.2003
1.07
18.04.2003
1.08
25.04.2003
1.09
02.05.2003
1.11
09.05.2003
1.13
16.05.2003
1.15
23.05.2003
1.16
30.05.2003
1.18
06.06.2003
1.17
13.06.2003
1.17
20.06.2003
1.18
27.06.2003
1.16
04.07.2003
1.15
11.07.2003
1.14
18.07.2003
1.13
25.07.2003
1.13
01.08.2003
1.14
08.08.2003
1.13
15.08.2003
1.13
1.30
WEEKLY
EURO/US$
PARITY
1.20
1.10
1.00
0.90
0.80
08
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1.
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4.
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19
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7.
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08
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03.01.2003
22.08.2003
1.11
29.08.2003
1.09
05.09.2003
1.09
12.09.2003
1.11
19.09.2003
1.12
26.09.2003
1.14
03.10.2003
1.16
10.10.2003
1.17
17.10.2003
1.17
24.10.2003
1.17
31.10.2003
1.17
07.11.2003
1.15
14.11.2003
1.15
21.11.2003
1.18
28.11.2003
1.19
05.12.2003
1.20
12.12.2003
1.22
19.12.2003
1.23
26.12.2003
1.24
02.01.2004
1.25
09.01.2004
1.27
16.01.2004
1.27
23.01.2004
1.25
30.01.2004
1.26
06.02.2004
1.25
13.02.2004
1.27
20.02.2004
1.28
27.02.2004
1.26
05.03.2004
1.23
12.03.2004
1.23
19.03.2004
1.23
26.03.2004
1.23
02.04.2004
1.22
09.04.2004
1.22