Small world, his office is the floor below mine :)<p>I think we probably agree then --- but this announcement isn&#x27;t exactly a sea change in open science and policymaking. This model (or one very close to it) has been available on various people&#x27;s webpages for a while [1], the research on estimating and using DGSE models for forecasting and policy-making has been well documented and openly discussed, etc. And the NY Fed has put out a lot of &quot;accessible&quot; information about features of the model and interpretations of its results.<p>[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;sites.sas.upenn.edu&#x2F;schorf&#x2F;pages&#x2F;working-papers" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;sites.sas.upenn.edu&#x2F;schorf&#x2F;pages&#x2F;working-papers</a>