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Calculate the historical forecast error for a VAR out to a specified horizon

Usage

fe(var, horizon = 1)

Arguments

var

vars::VAR or svars object

horizon

number of steps out to calculate fe

Value

forecast error

Examples

x <- svars::USA
v <- vars::VAR(x, p = 2)
fe(v, 10)
#>               [,1]        [,2]         [,3]
#>   [1,]          NA          NA           NA
#>   [2,]          NA          NA           NA
#>   [3,]          NA          NA           NA
#>   [4,]          NA          NA           NA
#>   [5,]          NA          NA           NA
#>   [6,]          NA          NA           NA
#>   [7,]          NA          NA           NA
#>   [8,]          NA          NA           NA
#>   [9,]          NA          NA           NA
#>  [10,]  1.75490311  0.44399724 -1.340137717
#>  [11,]  2.50252211  0.33266462 -0.844644206
#>  [12,]  3.15347249 -0.64372719 -0.478550611
#>  [13,]  2.78648353 -1.32657223 -1.005377737
#>  [14,]  2.43794475  0.43938122 -0.961628037
#>  [15,]  3.42959464 -1.28211643 -0.722802011
#>  [16,]  2.78789447 -0.02537531  1.264372032
#>  [17,]  1.77221046  1.25237802  3.046685244
#>  [18,]  0.15593811  0.99225616  3.484952979
#>  [19,] -0.44364490  0.69158080  2.044049750
#>  [20,] -0.74198056  0.29064686  0.780228083
#>  [21,] -0.56547699 -2.36693284 -0.965662945
#>  [22,] -2.23242057 -0.30338363 -2.279866277
#>  [23,] -0.60763860  0.93574366 -3.431112506
#>  [24,] -0.44719638 -0.43798093 -3.351956062
#>  [25,] -0.42696651 -1.41675803 -2.395506993
#>  [26,] -0.16741436 -2.08264620 -3.401410132
#>  [27,]  1.22082349  0.93041968 -4.816867384
#>  [28,]  2.78364119 -2.40027401 -3.365032634
#>  [29,]  3.02907315 -0.91652335 -2.792785348
#>  [30,]  3.78902924  0.56334941 -2.222805357
#>  [31,]  4.50408893  0.88199317  0.362498920
#>  [32,]  4.81244872  2.23493277  1.755594604
#>  [33,]  3.00815310  2.63206456  3.204812985
#>  [34,]  3.18043219  3.13109348  2.757319133
#>  [35,]  1.44781880  3.41170838  2.645735461
#>  [36,]  0.25426763  6.10280636  5.617557491
#>  [37,] -1.62339193  6.91717313  4.987125250
#>  [38,] -3.36914782  7.76206676  2.837683617
#>  [39,] -5.50871097  4.83569261 -0.088941235
#>  [40,] -5.17751919  0.76168973 -2.081263243
#>  [41,] -4.07133954  1.62848967 -2.039135672
#>  [42,] -2.99982704  0.76869993 -3.379527236
#>  [43,]  0.06873899 -2.00576881 -4.897403882
#>  [44,] -0.02894317 -2.11910678 -4.478224781
#>  [45,] -0.37366599 -0.45805180 -3.609058230
#>  [46,]  0.98243404  0.94643732 -5.514811655
#>  [47,]  2.44227935 -0.02734176 -6.379836872
#>  [48,]  2.92432691 -0.82343738 -5.248432975
#>  [49,]  2.53350143 -0.28288617 -2.430886988
#>  [50,]  0.74917923  4.83434421 -0.363424858
#>  [51,]  0.40013491  1.53049992 -0.816245314
#>  [52,]  2.77765306  2.97179052  0.007323847
#>  [53,]  1.81335353  2.83189044  1.706555301
#>  [54,]  2.04004920  4.93817311  3.598598508
#>  [55,]  1.60048446  3.30666681  3.707964088
#>  [56,]  1.22299326  5.13079700  2.829026411
#>  [57,]  1.06226304  3.80795436  3.486685127
#>  [58,]  0.39197464  3.29875248  6.125751457
#>  [59,] -0.11465790  3.87404331  7.815739958
#>  [60,] -1.70586480  3.28665663  4.075260094
#>  [61,] -2.44910188  4.64418891  2.121058728
#>  [62,] -1.19208740  5.64507458  6.775643670
#>  [63,]  0.37887487  4.69592583  7.831306435
#>  [64,] -0.13672079  1.46592762  7.936187789
#>  [65,]  0.43729755  1.82504425  8.503592819
#>  [66,] -0.78995454  1.52435533  3.681271073
#>  [67,] -2.86223995 -0.25578753  4.254822988
#>  [68,] -2.20297757 -0.43235171  4.594930309
#>  [69,] -2.77446758  0.88109397  1.143719042
#>  [70,] -3.97922690  0.15128475  0.842781697
#>  [71,] -3.99321501 -1.50484565  0.142175656
#>  [72,]  0.41733844 -3.41763984 -3.264276597
#>  [73,]  1.21094233 -1.37189470 -1.822949449
#>  [74,]  2.38026424 -1.04540292 -0.028995216
#>  [75,]  3.19667377  0.68438820  0.690250575
#>  [76,]  2.80905551  0.08954574  3.124751076
#>  [77,]  3.53809439  0.88174462  4.536344083
#>  [78,]  3.48556980  0.91621547  2.880719799
#>  [79,]  2.52415514  2.88002951  3.054518476
#>  [80,]  2.07765004  0.82828723  2.887135629
#>  [81,]  2.22776316  0.91311587  3.232959919
#>  [82,]  1.77343276  0.74219907  3.268863335
#>  [83,]  2.09203937 -0.41803048  2.023446039
#>  [84,]  1.26064438 -0.71845850  1.325779300
#>  [85,]  1.44263748 -1.39925502 -0.135420112
#>  [86,]  1.16501321 -0.78220506 -0.193880853
#>  [87,]  1.12488594  0.13904875 -0.058941558
#>  [88,]  0.40287405  0.19355019  1.372731648
#>  [89,]  0.64240070 -0.55560124  0.512271046
#>  [90,]  1.00597902  0.35181232  1.317820702
#>  [91,]  0.50820895  0.20719587  1.129160515
#>  [92,]  1.07174217  1.01704342  1.723609679
#>  [93,]  0.68310848  2.02431018  2.781689805
#>  [94,]  0.82984280  0.70078550  3.811905299
#>  [95,]  0.82316165  1.78991817  4.751255117
#>  [96,]  1.06213980  1.30450749  4.741216136
#>  [97,]  1.25881149 -0.25714621  3.704915563
#>  [98,]  0.87333100 -0.44317941  3.005198053
#>  [99,]  1.26214795  1.19210928  2.601453615
#> [100,]  0.91929053  0.51501912  2.112218351
#> [101,]  0.06567241  0.03423800  2.313495034
#> [102,] -1.21385524 -0.95687505  1.194300324
#> [103,] -1.88009815 -0.23785353 -0.617424629
#> [104,] -1.94839939 -1.08050584 -0.785780813
#> [105,] -1.75038503 -1.15771579 -1.519773379
#> [106,] -1.91513941 -1.85941990 -2.276678902
#> [107,] -1.97401800 -1.77960347 -2.228784834
#> [108,] -1.77411695 -0.69646235 -2.057344072
#> [109,] -1.29059396 -2.13194710 -3.491221086
#> [110,] -0.88074940 -1.32077203 -3.720571156
#> [111,] -1.46440468 -1.32550209 -3.201431476
#> [112,] -1.65940507 -0.48148868 -2.370380702
#> [113,] -1.96962877 -0.58247479 -2.225698393
#> [114,] -1.61856568 -0.74165699 -2.104681967
#> [115,] -1.46314125 -0.83695851 -1.756228805
#> [116,] -1.23656963 -0.48698488 -0.463752463
#> [117,] -1.84188772 -0.30889114  0.273493448
#> [118,] -1.45294637 -0.74228157  0.480868036
#> [119,] -2.16992398 -0.60260827  1.348568504
#> [120,] -2.57383744 -1.52718691  1.178206443
#> [121,] -2.44374818 -1.17432816  1.216866852
#> [122,] -2.46317740 -1.09101711  1.111837508
#> [123,] -2.51142176 -0.84703301  0.777942448
#> [124,] -1.71846403 -1.53877875  0.614562381
#> [125,] -1.62823622 -1.91077844  0.721040217
#> [126,] -1.19423845 -1.13471001  0.359665178
#> [127,] -1.05032207 -0.60104467  0.381592618
#> [128,] -0.13911680 -2.09338155  0.351004576
#> [129,]  0.56669866 -1.56999859  0.449845565
#> [130,]  0.53879938 -1.30096999  0.808994436
#> [131,]  0.59135289 -1.98895524  0.840999836
#> [132,]  0.71480821 -1.85303210  0.779383351
#> [133,]  1.08316106 -1.25214912  0.822096292
#> [134,]  1.59391859 -1.59257702  0.062711865
#> [135,]  1.46849344 -1.05274450  0.244494388
#> [136,]  1.53038691 -1.69053892 -0.147502033
#> [137,]  2.07465771 -1.80666052 -0.112495142
#> [138,]  2.67402685 -1.13557983  0.400667608
#> [139,]  1.91593072  0.01021754  0.789146532
#> [140,]  2.85610690 -0.74200804  1.458116015
#> [141,]  1.92505429 -0.17920691  1.974030939
#> [142,]  1.49915401 -0.65614651  1.921528096
#> [143,]  0.40336740 -0.63096769  0.564678202
#> [144,] -0.36307926 -0.61125670 -0.694115895
#> [145,] -1.58607635 -2.27969552 -1.662007869
#> [146,] -2.22957311 -2.33406045 -2.966555018
#> [147,] -2.04951351 -2.40890017 -3.609675925
#> [148,] -2.32912724 -2.47820342 -4.008143093
#> [149,] -2.25633841 -2.49223013 -4.386797717
#> [150,] -2.93256425 -2.14596091 -4.986773003
#> [151,] -3.11171447 -1.61191222 -4.804297804
#> [152,] -2.90113879 -2.63046472 -4.562156065
#> [153,] -2.05910284 -1.39050226 -4.352263381
#> [154,] -1.85304079 -1.81813644 -4.384136163
#> [155,] -2.26323736  0.36706525 -3.392192432
#> [156,] -2.58977084  0.47394182 -2.848022449
#> [157,] -2.36029385 -0.49508185 -2.678755386
#> [158,] -1.99098896 -0.23660834 -2.254741126
#> [159,] -1.36015775  0.47531337 -1.814313636
#> [160,] -1.29896061 -0.36604297 -1.287517245
#> [161,] -0.95206643  0.58296450 -0.960611237
#> [162,] -1.21423444  0.22731276 -0.029208332
#> [163,] -0.72055055 -0.34630812 -0.083154219
#> [164,] -1.10077530 -0.33484891  0.274485022
#> [165,] -1.36008144 -1.32407914  0.034307969
#> [166,] -1.09843328 -2.85815438 -0.178242867
#> [167,] -1.67624563  0.51661734  0.023037646
#> [168,] -1.38704477 -1.83554065 -0.135561748
#> [169,] -1.04858295 -3.06870852 -0.882263507
#> [170,] -1.26563616 -2.33965814 -1.118516213
#> [171,] -2.21399999 -2.17974748 -2.938396636
#> [172,] -2.16862892 -2.24458676 -3.853268668
#> [173,] -3.17379855 -1.44726692 -4.117361750