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February 7, 2012 09:22
Fed Forecast Errors Time Series Graph
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# Fed Inflation Forecast Error Times Series Graph | |
# Christopher Gandrud | |
# Updated 7 January 2011 | |
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### Using data frame cpi.data | |
#### Clean up data and create forecast error variable | |
cpi.data$pres_party <- factor(cpi.data$pres_party, label = c("Dem", "Rep")) | |
cpi.data$error.prop.deflator.q2 <- (cpi.data$GB_CPI_QTR2 - cpi.data$deflator)/cpi.data$deflator | |
#### Partisan colours | |
partisan.colors = c("Dem" = "#2259B3", "Rep" = "#C42B00") | |
## Remove 2 quarters from Johnson presidency | |
cpi.data <- subset(cpi.data, president != "Johnson") | |
cpi.data$president <- as.factor(cpi.data$presTerm) | |
## Error region +/- 10 percent | |
rect.time <- data.frame(xmin = 1968, xmax = 2006, ymin = -0.1, ymax = 0.1) | |
## Create graph | |
errors.time <- ggplot(cpi.data, aes(x = Quarter, y = error.prop.deflator.q2)) + | |
geom_point(aes(color = pres_party)) + | |
stat_smooth(method = "lm", aes(group = presTerm, color = pres_party, fill = pres_party)) + | |
geom_rect(data = rect.time, aes(xmin = xmin, xmax = xmax, ymin = ymin, ymax = ymax), color = "grey20", alpha = 0.5, inherit.aes = FALSE) + | |
scale_color_manual(values = partisan.colors, name = "") + | |
scale_fill_manual(values = partisan.colors, name = "") + | |
xlab("") + ylab("Standardized Forecast Error") + | |
scale_x_continuous(limits=c(1968, 2006)) + | |
theme_bw() + | |
opts(axis.title.x = theme_text(size = 12, vjust = 0)) + | |
opts(axis.title.y = theme_text(angle = 90, size = 12, vjust = 0.3)) |
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