Where can I get low cost econometric software to forecast
the US economy which is pc based?  I will need some training and
support.  I do not have a Ph.D. and, therefore, want something that is
highly user friendly.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 30 Apr 2004 08:39 PDT

Have a look at this free web-based forecasting software (for multiple
purposes, including economic forecasting), and see if it meets your
needs:

http://www.wessa.net/sf.html

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This free online software offers time series analysis for the purpose of:
 
--sales forecasting (of monthly and quarterly sales data) 

--business analysis (marketing, operations research, ...) 

--financial modeling (estimation of risk probability distributions) 

--economic forecasting (business cycles, macro economic time series) 

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Let me know if it does the trick.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by bondo-ga on 30 Apr 2004 14:14 PDT

It might be useful.  We were unaware of it so I thank you for bringing
it to our attention.  I am having my colleague evaluate it to see if
there is any value.  Thanks for your input.