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Review Economic Variables

Inspect time series properties of selected economic variables

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Last updated 4 years ago

Once you've selected your economic variables from Scenario Lab's database, you can review the details of its time series data on the Review Economic Variables screen.

Click on an economic variable row to update charts. Scenario Lab will plot the histogram of the empirical distribution of the variable as well as the corresponding time series plot.

The visualizations are particularly helpful to understand the cyclical behavior of the selected variables. It also can inform you of its variability and range of outcomes experienced in the past.

The table summarizes the minimum, maximum, and the first four statistical moments for each selected economic variable.

Reviewing your economic variables