Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

bsvarSIGNs (development version)

bsvarSIGNs 3.0.0

bsvarSIGNs 3.0

CRAN release: 2026-08-21

1. Parallelized code for posterior sampling #77
2. Small open economy with fast zero restrictions #82
3. Fix forecasting code with Covid hyperparameters #85 by Fei Shang
4. Move spec$prior$estimate_hyper()) to spec$estimate_hyper() #48
5. Updated forecasting formatting #80

bsvarSIGNs 2.0

CRAN release: 2025-01-30

1. The package has a vignette now! …and better citation information #53
2. Fixing C++ code to avoid problems with future check #59

bsvarSIGNs 1.0.1

CRAN release: 2024-08-17

1. Fixed additional issues here.

bsvarSIGNs 1.0

CRAN release: 2024-07-22

1. The package includes cpp code for estimation and analysis of SVARs identified with sign, zero, and narrative restrictions.
2. The package includes methods for estimation, forecasting, and structural analyses.
3. The package includes data sets to be used to reproduce the empirical results from the original papers referred here,
4. The package includes extensive documentation.
5. The package hexagonal logo is in!
6. The website is live!
7. The package is fully integrated in terms of objects, workflows, and code structure with the bsvars package.