tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120478448417742445.post6762384761844292322..comments2024-03-24T06:35:14.281+00:00Comments on The Portuguese Economy: Nice trend, hum?Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16779405217168307855noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120478448417742445.post-82917078845318702792010-08-30T08:52:53.772+01:002010-08-30T08:52:53.772+01:00"is definitely the most curious one I have se..."is definitely the most curious one I have seen"<br /><br />Really? You had never seen a linear trend? That means that you are not a very curious person. However, I am delighted to know that, thanks to me, you have seen, for the first time, one of the most basic things in time series analysis.Luís Aguiar-Conrariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03063826896953409478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120478448417742445.post-8602209545404858482010-08-29T20:43:11.305+01:002010-08-29T20:43:11.305+01:00I have seen many ways of establishing trends in ma...I have seen many ways of establishing trends in macro data, from filters to imposing a trend term in regressions, but this one (picking random begin and end points, and fitting a line in excel) is definitely the most curious one I have seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com