Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) is a macroeconomic model that facilitates macroeconomic analysis and policy making in central banks, as well as government and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). DSGE models, such as the European Central Bank’s Smets-Wouters framework, perform time-based macroeconomic general equilibrium analysis of interactions between economic variables.

Common tasks for central bank economists to develop and analyze DSGE models and create fan charts include:

• Running estimations and computing the steady state of nonlinear models
• Applying Bayesian statistical techniques
• Performing general equilibrium modeling

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