how to display the residual covariance matrix for VAR

[chenlili8315]

Hi, all:
what is the code for displaying residual matrix for VAR?
I try to display the residual matrix for VAR, please see the following VAR code.
Thanks!

calendar 1959 1 4

allocate 2009:3

open data c:\users\lili\desktop\winrats\datas.xls
data(for=xls,org=col) / GDP Defl CPI FF TRE NB
SYSTEM(MODEL=CHAP2)
var GDP Defl CPI TRE NB FF
lags 1 to 13
end(system)
estimate(outsigma=v)

[TomDoan]

Hi, all:
what is the code for displaying residual matrix for VAR?
I try to display the residual matrix for VAR, please see the following VAR code.
Thanks!

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calendar 1959 1 4
allocate 2009:3   
open data c:\users\lili\desktop\winrats\datas.xls          
data(for=xls,org=col) / GDP Defl CPI FF TRE NB 
SYSTEM(MODEL=CHAP2)
var  GDP Defl CPI TRE NB FF
lags 1 to 13
end(system)
estimate(outsigma=v)

Use the SIGMA option on ESTIMATE, that is,

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estimate(sigma,outsigma=v)

The OUTSIGMA (or CVOUT) option is for saving the matrix for later use.

[chenlili8315]

Thanks, Tom.
I got the covariance matrix of residuals, but it is not symmetric. Do u know why?
Covariance\Correlation Matrix of Residuals
GDP DEFL CPI TRE NB FF
GDP 1178.69528926 -0.0777229638 -0.1259528757 0.0397703830 0.0529053912 0.0738442477
DEFL -0.24577718 0.00848365 0.1901143829 -0.0398532395 0.3115684072 0.1496265473
CPI -1.74935586 0.00708395 0.16365851 -0.2307511587 -0.1202942661 0.2019298867
TRE 4.42937664 -0.01190795 -0.30282746 10.52359500 -0.1282880502 0.0014161112
NB 9.42408639 0.14889612 -0.25249500 -2.15926936 26.92012726 -0.1694065352
FF 2.01330067 0.01094438 0.06487257 0.00364813 -0.69800721 0.63064127

[TomDoan]

It's a matrix with both covariances and correlations. From the User's Guide:

Note that we use a backwards slash (\) between the words “Covariance” and “Correlation” in the header because it looks like the diagonal of a matrix. The word “Covariance” lies to the left of the slash, reminding you that the covariance results appear on and to the left of the diagonal of the output matrix. Likewise, “Correlation” lies to the right of the slash, just as the correlation results appear to the right of the diagonal in
the output.

Note, by the way, that that format is used only for the output. The covariance matrix that you save (or the %SIGMA matrix) is just the symmetric covariance matrix. If you want to convert that to correlations you can use %CVTOCORR(covariance matrix).