diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index 2ece2759e9efc8d9508590cf478791b07a94d57e..cd2bfa6c28b60690941b922160223e12780652ce 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Announcement for Dynare 6.3 +Announcement for Dynare 6.3 (on 2025-02-19) =========================================== We are pleased to announce the release of Dynare 6.3. @@ -15,20 +15,31 @@ the Windows package requires version 9.4.0 specifically). Here is a list of the problems identified in version 6.2 and that have been fixed in version 6.3: -* OccBin with option `smoother_inversion_filter` would crash the MCMC estimation if the `filtered_variables` or `filter_step_ahead` options were used -* OccBin with option `smoother_inversion_filter` would use the PKF if `mh_replic>0` -* OccBin with option `smoothed_state_uncertainty` would crash Dynare if the MCMC smoother was run after the classical one -* OccBin's smoother would crash when encountering an internal error due to the output of the linear smoother not having been computed +* OccBin with option `smoother_inversion_filter` would crash the MCMC + estimation if the `filtered_variables` or `filter_step_ahead` options were + used +* OccBin with option `smoother_inversion_filter` would use the PKF if + `mh_replic>0` +* OccBin with option `smoothed_state_uncertainty` would crash Dynare if the + MCMC smoother was run after the classical one +* OccBin's smoother would crash when encountering an internal error due to the + output of the linear smoother not having been computed * Calling `model_info` with `differentiate_forward_vars` would crash -* The `identification` command would compute the asymptotic Hessian via simulation instead of via moments as intended -* The `identification` command would crash during prior sampling if the initial draw did not solve the model +* The `identification` command would compute the asymptotic Hessian via + simulation instead of via moments as intended +* The `identification` command would crash during prior sampling if the initial + draw did not solve the model * The `gsa_sample_file` was broken -* Optimization algorithm `mode_compute=5` (`newrat`) would crash with `analytic_derivation` -* `discretionary_policy` would crash if the model was purely forward-looking +* Optimization algorithm `mode_compute=5` (`newrat`) would crash with + `analytic_derivation` +* The `discretionary_policy` command would crash if the model was purely + forward-looking * The `dsample` command would crash * The `conditional_forecast_paths` block did not accept vector inputs -* For MCMC chains with fewer than 6000 draws, the default number of `sub_draws` used to compute posterior moments was incorrect -* Bi-annual dates (e.g. `2024S1` or `2024H1`) were not accepted within Dynare statements +* For MCMC chains with fewer than 6000 draws, the default number of `sub_draws` + used to compute posterior moments was incorrect +* Bi-annual dates (e.g. `2024S1` or `2024H1`) were not accepted within Dynare + statements * Plotting `dseries` did not correctly show dates on the x-axis