Regression Analysis of Time Series

RATS (Regression Analysis of Time Series) is a fast, efficient, and comprehensive econometrics and time series analysis software package. For more than two decades, it has been the econometrics software of choice at universities, central banks, and corporations around the world.

Their current release, Version 9.0, is easier to use than ever while continuing to offer the most advanced tools available for cutting-edge econometrics research.

RATS provides all the basics, including linear and non-linear least squares, forecasting, SUR, and ARIMA models. But it goes far beyond that, with support for techniques like GMM, ARCH and GARCH models, state space models, and more. RATS also offers unmatched support for Vector Autoregression models, and is one of the few programs to offer spectral analysis capabilities.RATS can handle time series of virtually any frequency, including daily and weekly, as well as panel and cross-section data.

Menu-driven data wizards and support for reading various text, spreadsheet, and database file formats make it easy to get any data into RATS. Their Professional version adds support for more database formats, including SQL/ODBC data access, for even more flexibility.

Their interactive RATS Editor environment allows to quickly implementing on econometric analysis tasks, and makes it easy to try different model specifications or techniques without having to rerun entire programs.The editor also offers more than 40 menu-driven Wizards that provide point-and-click access to most common tasks, including reading data, displaying graphs, doing transformations, estimating a variety of models, and hypothesis testing. These help make RATS an ideal tool for new users and for use in educational settings.