HPFILTER

HPFILTER Hodrick Prescott Filter

Synopsis

HPFILTER(Sequence,λ)

Arguments

Sequence: the data sequence to be transformed

λ: filter parameter λ, defaults to 1600

Description

This array function returns the trend and cyclical components obtained by applying the Hodrick Prescott Filter with parameter λ to the given data sequence.

The output consists of two columns of numbers, the first containing the trend component, the second the cyclical component.

Note

If Sequence is neither an n by 1 nor 1 by n array, this function returns #VALUE! If Sequence contians less than 6 numerical values, this function returns #VALUE!