1# Verification checks (P4)2| check | outcome |3|---|---|4| Clean re-run (deleted results.json, figure, exclusions.csv) regenerates byte-identical results.json | PASS |5| Input checksums match README/bundle | PASS |6| n_analysed = 240, first 1960Q1, last 2019Q4 (asserted in script) | PASS |7| Exclusion ledger: 319 − 78 − 1 = 240 = n_analysed | PASS |8| Every quarter in window has 3 monthly UNRATE values (asserted) | PASS |9| se_iid = 0.01996 > 0, se_hac = 0.03583 > 0 | PASS |10| CI [−0.3260, −0.1855] contains beta_hat −0.2558; half-width / se_hac = 1.95996 (z) | PASS |11| OLS identity mean_du = alpha + beta·mean_growth (error 3e-17) | PASS |12| Manual Bartlett HAC computation equals statsmodels to 1e-10 (asserted) | PASS |13| Magnitude: mean_growth 0.754 %/q ≈ 3.0 % annualised — plausible for 1960–2019; beta ≈ −0.26 per % q/q in typical Okun range | PASS |14| HAC vs baseline: se_hac/se_iid ≈ 1.80, consistent with positive residual autocorrelation (lag-1 0.39) | PASS (expected direction) |15| okun_negative_5pct consistent: beta<0 and |t_hac| = 7.14 > 1.96 | PASS |16