diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0a9708c4823a8660b269a383684154517dbcfaa8..f1465571a7aa14932bd1fd813220d930a0ca1292 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,53 @@ +Announcement for Dynare 4.3.3 (on 2013-04-12) +============================================= + +We are pleased to announce the release of Dynare 4.3.3. + +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) should follow soon. + +All users are encouraged to upgrade. + +The new release is compatible with MATLAB versions ranging from 7.0 (R14) to +8.1 (R2013a) and with GNU Octave versions ranging from 3.2 to 3.6. + +Here is a list of the problems identified in version 4.3.2 and that have been +fixed in version 4.3.3: + + - Estimation with measurement errors was wrong if a correlation between two + measurement errors was calibrated + + - Option `use_dll' was broken under Windows + + - Degenerate case of purely static models (no leads/no lags) were not + correctly handled + + - Deterministic simulations over a single period were not correctly done + + - The sensitivity call `dynare_sensitivity(identification=1,morris=2)' was + buggy when there are no shocks estimated + + - Calls to `shock_decomposition' after using `selected_variables_only' option + fail + + - Sometimes, only the last open graph was saved, leading to missing and + duplicate EPS/PDF graphs + + - Forecasting after maximum likelihood estimation when not forecasting at + least one observed variables (`var_obs') was leading to crashes + + - Some functionalities were crashing with MATLAB 8.1/R2013a (bytecode, + MS-SBVAR) + + - Sometimes only the first order autocorrelation of `moments_varendo' was + saved instead of all up to the value of `ar' option + + Announcement for Dynare 4.3.2 (on 2013-01-18) =============================================