U.S. Macro Model

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Comprehensive U.S. Macroeconomic Forecast Model With Custom Flexibility

Overview

The U.S. Macro Model allows users to analyze "what if" questions. You can create your own scenarios. For example:

• Oil price shocks
• Housing bust or boom
• High or low interest rates
• Terrorist attacks
• Natural disasters
• Inflation

Applications

The U.S. Macro Model has broad appeal among customers from different industries such as commercial real estate, utility, local governments, consumer lending, and retail, etc.

The valuable applications include:

• Stress testing your portfolio.
• Forming contingency plans.
• Evaluating shocks.
• Preparing forecasts based on your corporate assumptions.
• Linking the U.S. model to your own models.

Key Features

• Web-based—no software to download or purchase.
• No mnemonics to learn—just point and click.
• Easily view the equations, residuals and add factors.
• Automatic data updates for both history and forecast.
• Chart across scenarios for easy comparison.
• Trace through the linkages—which variables affect each other.

Model Attributes

• Over 1,200 variables
• Intuitive interface
• Household balance sheets and credit quality conditions not found in other large-scale models
• Updated monthly baseline forecast
• Re-estimated quarterly
• Read the methodology

Updates

Baseline forecast is updated monthly.