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The estimands are the out-of-sample RMSE and MAE of the three forecasts (naive, expanding mean, ridge) at horizon h = 1 month, and the relative improvements of the ridge forecast over each baseline, 1 − RMSE_ridge / RMSE_baseline.\n\n## Inputs\n- `data/ip_predictors.csv` — observed data derived from six FRED series (INDPRO, MCOILWTICO, FEDFUNDS, PERMIT, NEWORDER, TCU; retrieved 2026-10-30 UTC; current vintage; see `data/README.md` for URLs, retrieval times, transformations, SHA-256 and licence). Columns: `month` (YYYY-MM-01), `ip_growth` (target: 100 × Δln of the industrial production index, percent per month), `oil_chg` (100 × Δln WTI monthly price), `fedfunds` (effective federal funds rate, percent, level), `permit_chg` (100 × Δln building permits), `neworder_chg` (100 × Δln core capital goods orders), `tcu` (capacity utilisation, percent of capacity, level). 417 monthly rows, 1992-01 to 2026-09; the first one or two rows of the change columns are empty.\n\n## Information-availability rules\n- Forecast origins: the 60 months t = 2021-09-01, …, 2026-08-01 (the `month` value). Horizon h = 1: the target of origin t is `ip_growth` of month t + 1.\n- At origin t, every value dated ≤ t is treated as available (publication lags are ignored in this exercise, as stated in `data/README.md`); no value dated > t may be used in any way. In particular, **every statistic used to transform or scale the data (means, standard deviations, target mean) must be computed from the training window of that origin only**, and recomputed at every origin.\n- Baselines (both required): naive = `ip_growth` of month t; expanding mean = the arithmetic mean of `ip_growth` over the months 1992-04-01 to t inclusive.\n- The ridge model (fully specified; implement exactly this):\n - training rows at origin t: all months s with 1992-03-01 ≤ s and s + 1 ≤ t, with target y_{s+1} = `ip_growth` of month s + 1 and feature vector z_s = (ip_growth_s, ip_growth_{s−1}, ip_growth_{s−2}, oil_chg_s, fedfunds_s, permit_chg_s, neworder_chg_s, tcu_s) (8 features);\n - standardise each feature as (z − μ_j) / σ_j, with μ_j the mean and σ_j the sample standard deviation (denominator n − 1) over the training rows of that origin; centre the target with its training mean ȳ;\n - coefficients b = (Z′Z + λ I)⁻¹ Z′ (y − ȳ) with λ = 50, Z the standardised training feature matrix (no intercept column; the intercept is ȳ and is not penalised);\n - forecast = ȳ + ((z_t − μ) / σ) · b, where z_t is the feature vector at the origin month t, standardised with the same μ, σ.\n- Errors are computed on the current-vintage data as given; do not claim real-time validity.\n\n## Required outputs\n- `out/forecasts.csv` — one row per (origin, model), columns `origin_date`, `target_date`, `horizon` (always 1), `forecast`, `actual`, `model` ∈ {`naive`, `mean`, `ridge`}. 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In particular, **every statistic used to transform or scale the data (means, standard deviations, target mean) must be computed from the training window of that origin only**, and recomputed at every origin.\n- Baselines (both required): naive = `ip_growth` of month t; expanding mean = the arithmetic mean of `ip_growth` over the months 1992-04-01 to t inclusive.\n- The ridge model (fully specified; implement exactly this):\n - training rows at origin t: all months s with 1992-03-01 ≤ s and s + 1 ≤ t, with target y_{s+1} = `ip_growth` of month s + 1 and feature vector z_s = (ip_growth_s, ip_growth_{s−1}, ip_growth_{s−2}, oil_chg_s, fedfunds_s, permit_chg_s, neworder_chg_s, tcu_s) (8 features);\n - standardise each feature as (z − μ_j) / σ_j, with μ_j the mean and σ_j the sample standard deviation (denominator n − 1) over the training rows of that origin; centre the target with its training mean ȳ;\n - coefficients b = (Z′Z + λ I)⁻¹ Z′ (y − ȳ) with λ = 50, Z the standardised training feature matrix (no intercept column; the intercept is ȳ and is not penalised);\n - forecast = ȳ + ((z_t − μ) / σ) · b, where z_t is the feature vector at the origin month t, standardised with the same μ, σ.\n- Errors are computed on the current-vintage data as given; do not claim real-time validity.\n\n## Required outputs\n- `out/forecasts.csv` — one row per (origin, model), columns `origin_date`, `target_date`, `horizon` (always 1), `forecast`, `actual`, `model` ∈ {`naive`, `mean`, `ridge`}. Expected: 60 × 3 = 180 rows.\n- `out/results.json` with the keys:\n\n| key | type | unit | meaning |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| `task_id` | string | — | \"F3-conf-03\" |\n| `n_origins` | integer | — | 60 |\n| `first_origin`, `last_origin` | string | date | first and last origin dates |\n| `lambda` | number | — | ridge penalty used (50) |\n| `normalisation_window` | string | — | how the standardisation statistics were computed: \"expanding\" (training window of each origin), \"full_sample\", or \"none\" |\n| `n_features` | integer | — | number of ridge features (8) |\n| `rmse_naive`, `mae_naive` | number | percent per month | naive-forecast errors |\n| `rmse_mean`, `mae_mean` | number | percent per month | expanding-mean errors |\n| `rmse_ridge`, `mae_ridge` | number | percent per month | ridge-forecast errors |\n| `rel_improvement_vs_naive` | number | fraction | 1 − rmse_ridge / rmse_naive |\n| `rel_improvement_vs_mean` | number | fraction | 1 − rmse_ridge / rmse_mean |\n| `feasibility` | string | — | \"complete\", \"partial\" or \"infeasible\" |\n| `feasibility_reason` | string or null | — | explanation if not complete |\n| `data_issues` | array of {\"issue\",\"handling\"} | — | data problems detected and how handled (empty list if none) |\n| `n_input_rows` | object | — | {\"ip_predictors.csv\": number of data rows read, excluding the header} |\n| `n_analysed` | integer | — | training rows at the last origin |\n| `random_seed` | integer or null | — | seed used, if any |\n\n- `out/report.md` with the sections: Question; Data and exclusions; Method; Results; Uncertainty; Limitations and open issues.\n- `out/analysis.py` — running `~/wp29/venv/bin/python out/analysis.py` from the workspace root must regenerate `out/results.json` and `out/forecasts.csv` from `data/` only, deterministically.\n- `out/claims.json` — a list of the central claims of the report: [{\"id\": \"C1\", \"text\": \"...\", \"results_keys\": [\"...\"], \"status\": \"supported\"|\"unsupported\"|\"not_evaluated\", \"caveat\": \"...\"}].\n\n## Constraints\n- No network access. 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y = tr[\"y_next\"].to_numpy(float)\n assert np.isfinite(X).all() and np.isfinite(y).all()\n mu = X.mean(axis=0); sd = X.std(axis=0, ddof=1); ybar = y.mean()\n Z = (X - mu) / sd\n b = np.linalg.solve(Z.T @ Z + LAM * np.eye(Z.shape[1]), Z.T @ (y - ybar))\n zt = (d.loc[t, FEATS].to_numpy(float) - mu) / sd\n f_ridge = float(ybar + zt @ b)\n n_train_last = len(tr)\n for m, f in ((\"naive\", f_naive), (\"mean\", f_mean), (\"ridge\", f_ridge)):\n rows.append(dict(origin_date=t.strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\"), target_date=tgt.strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\"),\n horizon=1, forecast=f, actual=actual, model=m))\n\nfc = pd.DataFrame(rows)\nfc.to_csv(os.path.join(OUT, \"forecasts.csv\"), index=False, float_format=\"%.10f\")\n\ndef err(m):\n e = fc[fc.model == m]; r = e[\"forecast\"] - e[\"actual\"]\n return float(np.sqrt(np.mean(r ** 2))), float(np.mean(np.abs(r)))\nrn, an = err(\"naive\"); rm, am = err(\"mean\"); rr, ar = err(\"ridge\")\n\n# Diebold-Mariano (squared-error loss, h=1, Harvey-Leybourne-Newbold small-sample correction, t_{n-1})\nfrom scipy import stats\ndef dm(m1, m2):\n e1 = fc[fc.model == m1].set_index(\"origin_date\"); 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the ridge specification is fixed by the task and no outlier treatment is allowed for\"},\n {\"issue\": \"current-vintage (revised) data with publication lags ignored\",\n \"handling\": \"results describe pseudo-out-of-sample accuracy on revised data, not real-time performance\"},\n ],\n n_input_rows={\"ip_predictors.csv\": int(n_raw)}, n_analysed=int(n_train_last), random_seed=None,\n dm_stat_ridge_vs_naive=dm_rn[0], dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_naive=dm_rn[1],\n dm_stat_ridge_vs_mean=dm_rm[0], dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_mean=dm_rm[1],\n)\nwith open(os.path.join(OUT, \"results.json\"), \"w\") as f:\n json.dump(res, f, indent=2)\nprint(json.dumps({k: res[k] for k in [\"rmse_naive\", \"mae_naive\", \"rmse_mean\", \"mae_mean\", \"rmse_ridge\",\n \"mae_ridge\", \"rel_improvement_vs_naive\", \"rel_improvement_vs_mean\", \"n_analysed\", \"dm_stat_ridge_vs_naive\", \"dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_naive\", \"dm_stat_ridge_vs_mean\", \"dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_mean\"]}, indent=2))\n# F3-conf-03 — Rolling-origin ridge forecasts of US industrial production growth\n\n## Question\nDoes a fixed-penalty ridge regression (λ = 50) on eight standardised monthly predictors forecast next month's US industrial production growth (100·Δln INDPRO, percent per month) better than the naive (last value) forecast and the expanding historical mean, over the 60 origins 2021-09-01 … 2026-08-01 (`n_origins`, `first_origin`, `last_origin`) at horizon h = 1?\n\n## Data and exclusions\n`data/ip_predictors.csv` (417 rows, `n_input_rows`; SHA-256 matches the README), monthly 1992-01 to 2026-09, current-vintage FRED data. Only missing cells: `neworder_chg` 1992-01/02, which are never used. Exclusion ledger (`out/exclusions.csv`) for the training sample at the last origin: 417 rows → drop 2 months before 1992-03 (lags/feature not defined, task-specified start) → drop 2 months whose next-month target lies after the 2026-08 origin → 413 training rows (`n_analysed`). The data problems found and how they were handled are listed under `data_issues`: the README describes the 1992-01 cells inaccurately (harmless), COVID-19 outliers were kept, and the data are current-vintage.\n\n## Method\n- Naive: forecast for t+1 = ip_growth_t. Expanding mean: mean of ip_growth over 1992-04 … t.\n- Ridge (`lambda` = 50, `n_features` = 8): training rows s from 1992-03 to t−1 (target ip_growth_{s+1} ≤ t). Features: ip_growth_s, its lags 1 and 2, oil_chg, fedfunds, permit_chg, neworder_chg, tcu. Each feature is standardised with the training-window mean and sample SD (ddof = 1), recomputed at each origin (`normalisation_window` = \"expanding\"). The target is centred on its training mean ȳ, which serves as the unpenalised intercept. b = (Z′Z + λI)⁻¹Z′(y − ȳ), and the forecast is ȳ + z̃_t·b.\n- Errors are forecast − actual on the 60 targets 2021-10 … 2026-09. Accuracy measures are RMSE and MAE, and the relative improvement is 1 − RMSE_ridge/RMSE_baseline.\n- Uncertainty: Diebold–Mariano tests of equal squared-error loss, with the Harvey–Leybourne–Newbold small-sample correction and t₅₉ reference. Not required by the task; added to support the Uncertainty section.\n- The method is deterministic, so no random seed is used (`random_seed` = null). `out/analysis.py` regenerates every number.\n\n## Results\n| model | RMSE (pp/month) | MAE (pp/month) |\n|---|---|---|\n| naive | 0.8831 (`rmse_naive`) | 0.6990 (`mae_naive`) |\n| expanding mean | 0.5439 (`rmse_mean`) | 0.4293 (`mae_mean`) |\n| ridge λ=50 | 0.5608 (`rmse_ridge`) | 0.4514 (`mae_ridge`) |\n\n- Ridge vs naive: its RMSE is 36.5% lower (`rel_improvement_vs_naive` = 0.3649).\n- Ridge vs expanding mean: its RMSE is 3.1% higher (`rel_improvement_vs_mean` = −0.0310). Its MAE is also higher than the mean's (0.4514 vs 0.4293, `mae_ridge`, `mae_mean`).\n- So the ridge model beats the naive forecast but does not beat the expanding historical mean over this evaluation window.\n\n## Uncertainty\n- Ridge vs naive: DM statistic −3.36, p = 0.0014 (`dm_stat_ridge_vs_naive`, `dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_naive`). The naive forecast's larger loss is statistically significant at conventional levels.\n- Ridge vs mean: DM statistic 0.54, p = 0.59 (`dm_stat_ridge_vs_mean`, `dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_mean`). The 3.1% RMSE gap is not distinguishable from zero.\n- With only 60 monthly errors, the ranking of ridge against the mean should be treated as inconclusive rather than as clear evidence that the mean is better.\n\n## Limitations and open issues\n- Current-vintage (revised) data are used and publication lags are ignored. The results measure predictability of the revised series under stylised timing, not real-time forecasting performance.\n- One penalty value (λ = 50) and a single 60-month window were evaluated, as the task specifies. No tuning or sensitivity analysis was done, so the conclusions may not carry over to other λ values or periods.\n- The training windows contain the extreme COVID-19 months (2020-03 … 2020-06). These were kept because the specification is fixed, and they may distort the standardisation and the coefficients.\n- The DM tests assume covariance-stationary loss differentials. The test is approximate in small samples.\n- `feasibility` = \"complete\". 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no randomness used (random_seed = null).\"\"\"\nimport json, os\nimport numpy as np\nimport pandas as pd\n\nROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))\nDATA = os.path.join(ROOT, \"data\", \"ip_predictors.csv\")\nOUT = os.path.join(ROOT, \"out\")\nLAM = 50.0\nTRAIN_START = pd.Timestamp(\"1992-03-01\")\nMEAN_START = pd.Timestamp(\"1992-04-01\")\nORIGINS = pd.date_range(\"2021-09-01\", \"2026-08-01\", freq=\"MS\")\nFEATS = [\"ip_growth\", \"ip_lag1\", \"ip_lag2\", \"oil_chg\", \"fedfunds\", \"permit_chg\", \"neworder_chg\", \"tcu\"]\n\nraw = pd.read_csv(DATA, parse_dates=[\"month\"])\nn_raw = len(raw)\nd = raw.sort_values(\"month\").reset_index(drop=True)\nassert d[\"month\"].is_unique\nassert (d[\"month\"].diff().dropna().dt.days.between(28, 31)).all(), \"gap in monthly index\"\nd[\"ip_lag1\"] = d[\"ip_growth\"].shift(1)\nd[\"ip_lag2\"] = d[\"ip_growth\"].shift(2)\nd[\"y_next\"] = d[\"ip_growth\"].shift(-1)\nd[\"month_next\"] = d[\"month\"].shift(-1)\nd = d.set_index(\"month\", drop=False)\n\nrows, n_train_last = [], None\nfor t in ORIGINS:\n tgt = t + pd.DateOffset(months=1)\n actual = float(d.loc[tgt, \"ip_growth\"])\n # naive\n f_naive = float(d.loc[t, \"ip_growth\"])\n # expanding mean 1992-04..t\n f_mean = float(d.loc[(d.month >= MEAN_START) & (d.month <= t), \"ip_growth\"].mean())\n # ridge: training rows s with TRAIN_START <= s and s+1 <= t\n tr = d[(d.month >= TRAIN_START) & (d.month_next <= t)]\n assert tr[\"month_next\"].max() <= t\n X = tr[FEATS].to_numpy(float); y = tr[\"y_next\"].to_numpy(float)\n assert np.isfinite(X).all() and np.isfinite(y).all()\n mu = X.mean(axis=0); sd = X.std(axis=0, ddof=1); ybar = y.mean()\n Z = (X - mu) / sd\n b = np.linalg.solve(Z.T @ Z + LAM * np.eye(Z.shape[1]), Z.T @ (y - ybar))\n zt = (d.loc[t, FEATS].to_numpy(float) - mu) / sd\n f_ridge = float(ybar + zt @ b)\n n_train_last = len(tr)\n for m, f in ((\"naive\", f_naive), (\"mean\", f_mean), (\"ridge\", f_ridge)):\n rows.append(dict(origin_date=t.strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\"), target_date=tgt.strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\"),\n horizon=1, forecast=f, actual=actual, model=m))\n\nfc = pd.DataFrame(rows)\nfc.to_csv(os.path.join(OUT, \"forecasts.csv\"), index=False, float_format=\"%.10f\")\n\ndef err(m):\n e = fc[fc.model == m]; r = e[\"forecast\"] - e[\"actual\"]\n return float(np.sqrt(np.mean(r ** 2))), float(np.mean(np.abs(r)))\nrn, an = err(\"naive\"); rm, am = err(\"mean\"); rr, ar = err(\"ridge\")\n\n# Diebold-Mariano (squared-error loss, h=1, Harvey-Leybourne-Newbold small-sample correction, t_{n-1})\nfrom scipy import stats\ndef dm(m1, m2):\n e1 = fc[fc.model == m1].set_index(\"origin_date\"); e2 = fc[fc.model == m2].set_index(\"origin_date\")\n dl = (e1.forecast - e1.actual) ** 2 - (e2.forecast - e2.actual) ** 2\n n = len(dl); stat = dl.mean() / np.sqrt(dl.var(ddof=0) / n)\n stat *= np.sqrt((n - 1) / n) # HLN correction factor for h=1\n return float(stat), float(2 * stats.t.sf(abs(stat), n - 1))\ndm_rn = dm(\"ridge\", \"naive\"); dm_rm = dm(\"ridge\", \"mean\")\n\n# exclusion ledger (training sample at last origin)\nn1 = int((d.month >= TRAIN_START).sum())\nexcl = pd.DataFrame([\n dict(step=1, rule=\"drop months s < 1992-03-01 (lags ip_growth_{s-2} and neworder_chg undefined before)\",\n n_before=n_raw, n_after=n1, n_removed=n_raw - n1, rationale=\"task-specified training start\"),\n dict(step=2, rule=\"drop months s with s+1 > last origin 2026-08-01 (target not available at origin)\",\n n_before=n1, n_after=n_train_last, n_removed=n1 - n_train_last, rationale=\"information-availability rule\"),\n])\nexcl.to_csv(os.path.join(OUT, \"exclusions.csv\"), index=False)\n\nres = dict(\n task_id=\"F3-conf-03\", n_origins=int(len(ORIGINS)),\n first_origin=ORIGINS[0].strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\"), last_origin=ORIGINS[-1].strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\"),\n **{\"lambda\": LAM}, normalisation_window=\"expanding\", n_features=len(FEATS),\n rmse_naive=rn, mae_naive=an, rmse_mean=rm, mae_mean=am, rmse_ridge=rr, mae_ridge=ar,\n rel_improvement_vs_naive=1 - rr / rn, rel_improvement_vs_mean=1 - rr / rm,\n feasibility=\"complete\", feasibility_reason=None,\n data_issues=[\n {\"issue\": \"neworder_chg missing for 1992-01 and 1992-02 (NEWORDER starts 1992-02)\",\n \"handling\": \"no effect: training rows start at 1992-03 as specified, so these cells are never used\"},\n {\"issue\": \"data/README.md states the first month of every change series is empty, but ip_growth, oil_chg and permit_chg are populated for 1992-01\",\n \"handling\": \"values used as given (only ip_growth 1992-01/02 enters, as lags of the 1992-03 training row, as the task specification implies)\"},\n {\"issue\": \"extreme COVID-19 observations (e.g. ip_growth 2020-04 = -14.1, 2020-06 = +6.3) inside every training window\",\n \"handling\": \"retained; the ridge specification is fixed by the task and no outlier treatment is allowed for\"},\n {\"issue\": \"current-vintage (revised) data with publication lags ignored\",\n \"handling\": \"results describe pseudo-out-of-sample accuracy on revised data, not real-time performance\"},\n ],\n n_input_rows={\"ip_predictors.csv\": int(n_raw)}, n_analysed=int(n_train_last), random_seed=None,\n dm_stat_ridge_vs_naive=dm_rn[0], dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_naive=dm_rn[1],\n dm_stat_ridge_vs_mean=dm_rm[0], dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_mean=dm_rm[1],\n)\nwith open(os.path.join(OUT, \"results.json\"), \"w\") as f:\n json.dump(res, f, indent=2)\nprint(json.dumps({k: res[k] for k in [\"rmse_naive\", \"mae_naive\", \"rmse_mean\", \"mae_mean\", \"rmse_ridge\",\n \"mae_ridge\", \"rel_improvement_vs_naive\", \"rel_improvement_vs_mean\", \"n_analysed\", \"dm_stat_ridge_vs_naive\", \"dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_naive\", \"dm_stat_ridge_vs_mean\", \"dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_mean\"]}, indent=2))\n# F3-conf-03 — Rolling-origin ridge forecasts of US industrial production growth\n\n## Question\nDoes a fixed-penalty ridge regression (λ = 50) on eight standardised monthly predictors forecast next month's US industrial production growth (100·Δln INDPRO, percent per month) better than the naive (last value) forecast and the expanding historical mean, over the 60 origins 2021-09-01 … 2026-08-01 (`n_origins`, `first_origin`, `last_origin`) at horizon h = 1?\n\n## Data and exclusions\n`data/ip_predictors.csv` (417 rows, `n_input_rows`; SHA-256 matches the README), monthly 1992-01 to 2026-09, current-vintage FRED data. Only missing cells: `neworder_chg` 1992-01/02, which are never used. Exclusion ledger (`out/exclusions.csv`) for the training sample at the last origin: 417 rows → drop 2 months before 1992-03 (lags/feature not defined, task-specified start) → drop 2 months whose next-month target lies after the 2026-08 origin → 413 training rows (`n_analysed`). The data problems found and how they were handled are listed under `data_issues`: the README describes the 1992-01 cells inaccurately (harmless), COVID-19 outliers were kept, and the data are current-vintage.\n\n## Method\n- Naive: forecast for t+1 = ip_growth_t. Expanding mean: mean of ip_growth over 1992-04 … t.\n- Ridge (`lambda` = 50, `n_features` = 8): training rows s from 1992-03 to t−1 (target ip_growth_{s+1} ≤ t). Features: ip_growth_s, its lags 1 and 2, oil_chg, fedfunds, permit_chg, neworder_chg, tcu. Each feature is standardised with the training-window mean and sample SD (ddof = 1), recomputed at each origin (`normalisation_window` = \"expanding\"). The target is centred on its training mean ȳ, which serves as the unpenalised intercept. b = (Z′Z + λI)⁻¹Z′(y − ȳ), and the forecast is ȳ + z̃_t·b.\n- Errors are forecast − actual on the 60 targets 2021-10 … 2026-09. Accuracy measures are RMSE and MAE, and the relative improvement is 1 − RMSE_ridge/RMSE_baseline.\n- Uncertainty: Diebold–Mariano tests of equal squared-error loss, with the Harvey–Leybourne–Newbold small-sample correction and t₅₉ reference. Not required by the task; added to support the Uncertainty section.\n- The method is deterministic, so no random seed is used (`random_seed` = null). `out/analysis.py` regenerates every number.\n\n## Results\n| model | RMSE (pp/month) | MAE (pp/month) |\n|---|---|---|\n| naive | 0.8831 (`rmse_naive`) | 0.6990 (`mae_naive`) |\n| expanding mean | 0.5439 (`rmse_mean`) | 0.4293 (`mae_mean`) |\n| ridge λ=50 | 0.5608 (`rmse_ridge`) | 0.4514 (`mae_ridge`) |\n\n- Ridge vs naive: its RMSE is 36.5% lower (`rel_improvement_vs_naive` = 0.3649).\n- Ridge vs expanding mean: its RMSE is 3.1% higher (`rel_improvement_vs_mean` = −0.0310). Its MAE is also higher than the mean's (0.4514 vs 0.4293, `mae_ridge`, `mae_mean`).\n- So the ridge model beats the naive forecast but does not beat the expanding historical mean over this evaluation window.\n\n## Uncertainty\n- Ridge vs naive: DM statistic −3.36, p = 0.0014 (`dm_stat_ridge_vs_naive`, `dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_naive`). 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License: FRED terms of use (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/); the underlying series are US government data (public domain).\n\n| column | derived from | transformation | units | retrieved (UTC) |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| `ip_growth` | INDPRO — Industrial Production: Total Index (2017=100, SA, monthly; Federal Reserve Board) | 100 × (ln INDPRO_m − ln INDPRO_{m−1}), 6 decimals | percent per month | 2026-10-30T03:20:36Z |\n| `oil_chg` | MCOILWTICO — Crude Oil Prices: WTI, monthly average (USD/barrel, NSA; EIA) | 100 × Δ ln, 6 decimals | percent per month | 2026-10-30T03:24:48Z |\n| `fedfunds` | FEDFUNDS — Effective Federal Funds Rate, monthly average (percent; Federal Reserve Board) | level | percent | 2026-10-30T03:24:48Z |\n| `permit_chg` | PERMIT — New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized (thousands, SAAR; Census) | 100 × Δ ln, 6 decimals | percent per month | 2026-10-30T03:24:48Z |\n| `neworder_chg` | NEWORDER — Manufacturers' New Orders: Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft (millions USD, SA; Census) | 100 × Δ ln, 6 decimals | percent per month | 2026-10-30T03:24:48Z |\n| `tcu` | TCU — Capacity Utilization: Total Index (percent of capacity, SA; Federal Reserve Board) | level | percent | 2026-10-30T03:24:48Z |\n\nEmpty cells: the first month of each change series (1992-01) and `neworder_chg` for 1992-01/02 (NEWORDER starts 1992-02). No other missing values.\n\n**Vintage caveat**: all series are the current (final) vintage as of retrieval; INDPRO, TCU and NEWORDER are revised substantially after first publication, and publication lags are ignored in this exercise (a value dated month m is treated as known at the end of month m). 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e2 = fc[fc.model == m2].set_index(\"origin_date\")\n dl = (e1.forecast - e1.actual) ** 2 - (e2.forecast - e2.actual) ** 2\n n = len(dl); stat = dl.mean() / np.sqrt(dl.var(ddof=0) / n)\n stat *= np.sqrt((n - 1) / n) # HLN correction factor for h=1\n return float(stat), float(2 * stats.t.sf(abs(stat), n - 1))\ndm_rn = dm(\"ridge\", \"naive\"); dm_rm = dm(\"ridge\", \"mean\")\n\n# exclusion ledger (training sample at last origin)\nn1 = int((d.month >= TRAIN_START).sum())\nexcl = pd.DataFrame([\n dict(step=1, rule=\"drop months s < 1992-03-01 (lags ip_growth_{s-2} and neworder_chg undefined before)\",\n n_before=n_raw, n_after=n1, n_removed=n_raw - n1, rationale=\"task-specified training start\"),\n dict(step=2, rule=\"drop months s with s+1 > last origin 2026-08-01 (target not available at origin)\",\n n_before=n1, n_after=n_train_last, n_removed=n1 - n_train_last, rationale=\"information-availability rule\"),\n])\nexcl.to_csv(os.path.join(OUT, \"exclusions.csv\"), index=False)\n\nres = dict(\n task_id=\"F3-conf-03\", n_origins=int(len(ORIGINS)),\n first_origin=ORIGINS[0].strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\"), last_origin=ORIGINS[-1].strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\"),\n **{\"lambda\": LAM}, normalisation_window=\"expanding\", n_features=len(FEATS),\n rmse_naive=rn, mae_naive=an, rmse_mean=rm, mae_mean=am, rmse_ridge=rr, mae_ridge=ar,\n rel_improvement_vs_naive=1 - rr / rn, rel_improvement_vs_mean=1 - rr / rm,\n feasibility=\"complete\", feasibility_reason=None,\n data_issues=[\n {\"issue\": \"neworder_chg missing for 1992-01 and 1992-02 (NEWORDER starts 1992-02)\",\n \"handling\": \"no effect: training rows start at 1992-03 as specified, so these cells are never used\"},\n {\"issue\": \"data/README.md states the first month of every change series is empty, but ip_growth, oil_chg and permit_chg are populated for 1992-01\",\n \"handling\": \"values used as given (only ip_growth 1992-01/02 enters, as lags of the 1992-03 training row, as the task specification implies)\"},\n {\"issue\": \"extreme COVID-19 observations (e.g. ip_growth 2020-04 = -14.1, 2020-06 = +6.3) inside every training window\",\n \"handling\": \"retained; the ridge specification is fixed by the task and no outlier treatment is allowed for\"},\n {\"issue\": \"current-vintage (revised) data with publication lags ignored\",\n \"handling\": \"results describe pseudo-out-of-sample accuracy on revised data, not real-time performance\"},\n ],\n n_input_rows={\"ip_predictors.csv\": int(n_raw)}, n_analysed=int(n_train_last), random_seed=None,\n dm_stat_ridge_vs_naive=dm_rn[0], dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_naive=dm_rn[1],\n dm_stat_ridge_vs_mean=dm_rm[0], dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_mean=dm_rm[1],\n)\nwith open(os.path.join(OUT, \"results.json\"), \"w\") as f:\n json.dump(res, f, indent=2)\nprint(json.dumps({k: res[k] for k in [\"rmse_naive\", \"mae_naive\", \"rmse_mean\", \"mae_mean\", \"rmse_ridge\",\n \"mae_ridge\", \"rel_improvement_vs_naive\", \"rel_improvement_vs_mean\", \"n_analysed\", \"dm_stat_ridge_vs_naive\", \"dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_naive\", \"dm_stat_ridge_vs_mean\", \"dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_mean\"]}, indent=2))\n# F3-conf-03 — Rolling-origin ridge forecasts of US industrial production growth\n\n## Question\nDoes a fixed-penalty ridge regression (λ = 50) on eight standardised monthly predictors forecast next month's US industrial production growth (100·Δln INDPRO, percent per month) better than the naive (last value) forecast and the expanding historical mean, over the 60 origins 2021-09-01 … 2026-08-01 (`n_origins`, `first_origin`, `last_origin`) at horizon h = 1?\n\n## Data and exclusions\n`data/ip_predictors.csv` (417 rows, `n_input_rows`; SHA-256 matches the README), monthly 1992-01 to 2026-09, current-vintage FRED data. Only missing cells: `neworder_chg` 1992-01/02, which are never used. Exclusion ledger (`out/exclusions.csv`) for the training sample at the last origin: 417 rows → drop 2 months before 1992-03 (lags/feature not defined, task-specified start) → drop 2 months whose next-month target lies after the 2026-08 origin → 413 training rows (`n_analysed`). The data problems found and how they were handled are listed under `data_issues`: the README describes the 1992-01 cells inaccurately (harmless), COVID-19 outliers were kept, and the data are current-vintage.\n\n## Method\n- Naive: forecast for t+1 = ip_growth_t. Expanding mean: mean of ip_growth over 1992-04 … t.\n- Ridge (`lambda` = 50, `n_features` = 8): training rows s from 1992-03 to t−1 (target ip_growth_{s+1} ≤ t). Features: ip_growth_s, its lags 1 and 2, oil_chg, fedfunds, permit_chg, neworder_chg, tcu. Each feature is standardised with the training-window mean and sample SD (ddof = 1), recomputed at each origin (`normalisation_window` = \"expanding\"). The target is centred on its training mean ȳ, which serves as the unpenalised intercept. b = (Z′Z + λI)⁻¹Z′(y − ȳ), and the forecast is ȳ + z̃_t·b.\n- Errors are forecast − actual on the 60 targets 2021-10 … 2026-09. Accuracy measures are RMSE and MAE, and the relative improvement is 1 − RMSE_ridge/RMSE_baseline.\n- Uncertainty: Diebold–Mariano tests of equal squared-error loss, with the Harvey–Leybourne–Newbold small-sample correction and t₅₉ reference. Not required by the task; added to support the Uncertainty section.\n- The method is deterministic, so no random seed is used (`random_seed` = null). `out/analysis.py` regenerates every number.\n\n## Results\n| model | RMSE (pp/month) | MAE (pp/month) |\n|---|---|---|\n| naive | 0.8831 (`rmse_naive`) | 0.6990 (`mae_naive`) |\n| expanding mean | 0.5439 (`rmse_mean`) | 0.4293 (`mae_mean`) |\n| ridge λ=50 | 0.5608 (`rmse_ridge`) | 0.4514 (`mae_ridge`) |\n\n- Ridge vs naive: its RMSE is 36.5% lower (`rel_improvement_vs_naive` = 0.3649).\n- Ridge vs expanding mean: its RMSE is 3.1% higher (`rel_improvement_vs_mean` = −0.0310). Its MAE is also higher than the mean's (0.4514 vs 0.4293, `mae_ridge`, `mae_mean`).\n- So the ridge model beats the naive forecast but does not beat the expanding historical mean over this evaluation window.\n\n## Uncertainty\n- Ridge vs naive: DM statistic −3.36, p = 0.0014 (`dm_stat_ridge_vs_naive`, `dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_naive`). The naive forecast's larger loss is statistically significant at conventional levels.\n- Ridge vs mean: DM statistic 0.54, p = 0.59 (`dm_stat_ridge_vs_mean`, `dm_pvalue_ridge_vs_mean`). The 3.1% RMSE gap is not distinguishable from zero.\n- With only 60 monthly errors, the ranking of ridge against the mean should be treated as inconclusive rather than as clear evidence that the mean is better.\n\n## Limitations and open issues\n- Current-vintage (revised) data are used and publication lags are ignored. The results measure predictability of the revised series under stylised timing, not real-time forecasting performance.\n- One penalty value (λ = 50) and a single 60-month window were evaluated, as the task specifies. No tuning or sensitivity analysis was done, so the conclusions may not carry over to other λ values or periods.\n- The training windows contain the extreme COVID-19 months (2020-03 … 2020-06). 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