diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index cae41b3ae84d50ae05e950441606ab55ae76c7b2..1410403fcab235f836456b8df11a48beb7f3a5cc 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,80 @@ +Announcement for Dynare 4.5.7 (on 2019-02-06) +============================================= + +We are pleased to announce the release of Dynare 4.5.7. + +This is a bugfix release. + +The Windows packages are already available for download at: + + http://www.dynare.org/download/dynare-stable + +The Mac and GNU/Linux packages (for Debian and Ubuntu LTS) should follow soon. + +This release is compatible with MATLAB versions 7.5 (R2007b) to 9.4 (R2018b) +and with GNU Octave versions 4.4.1. + +Here is a list of the problems identified in version 4.5.6 and that have been +fixed in version 4.5.7: + + - The mex-file conducting the QZ decomposition erroneously applied + the `qz_criterium` to the square absolute value of eigenvalues + instead of the absolute value itself (as done in mjdgges.m and the + AIM solver). + + - In pathological cases, `mode_compute=5` (`newrat`) might enter an + infinite loop. + + - `discretionary_policy` might erroneously state that the derivatives + of the objective function are non-zero if there are NaN present. + + - Dynare++, when conducting the QZ decomposition, erroneously applied + the `qz_criterium` to the square absolute value of eigenvalues + instead of the absolute value itself. + + - Dynare++: IRFs were incorrectly computed. + + - `dynare_sensitivity` did not display the figures of + `irf_calibration`, it only stored them on the disk. + + - Scatter plots generated by `dynare_sensitivity` did not correctly + display LaTeX names. + + - Parameter updating via steady state files did not correctly work in + case of using [static]/[dynamic] equation tags. + + - Memory leaks in `k_order_pert` (used by higher order stochastic + simulations) could lead to crashes. + + - Predetermined variables were not properly set when used in model + local variables. + + - Posterior moment computation did not correctly update the + covariance matrix of exogenous shocks during posterior sampling. + + - Dynare was crashing with a cryptic message if a non estimated + parameter was initialized in the `estimated_params_init` block. + + - The `forecast` command crashed if the model was declared as linear + and contained deterministic exogenous variables. + + - Block decomposition is broken when used in conjunction with + `varexo_det`. + + - The model was not correctly specified when `identification` was run + without another stochastic command in the `.mod` file + (e.g. `estimation`, `stoch_simul`, etc.). + + - Realtime annualized shock decompositions added the wrong steady state + value. + + - `mh_recover` option crashed when using slice sampler. + + - x-axis values in plots of moment restrictions were wrong for + autocovariances. + + + Announcement for Dynare 4.5.6 (on 2018-07-25) =============================================