Gloria Gonzalez-Rivera, University of California Riverside, USA

• 1. Introduction and Context 2. A Review of Basic Statistics Concepts and the Linear Regression Model 3. Statistics and Time Series 4. Tools of the Forecaster 5. Understanding Linear Dependence: A Link to Economic Models 6. Forecasting with Moving Average (MA) Processes 7. Forecasting with AutoRegressive (AR) Processes 8. Forecasting Practice: Modeling San Diego House Price Index 9. Assessment of Forecasts and Combination of Forecasts 10. Forecasting the Long Run: Deterministic and Stochastic Trends 11. Forecasting with a System of Equations: Vector AutoRegression 12. Forecasting the Long Run and the Short Run Jointly: Cointegration and Error Correction Models 13. Forecasting Volatility I 14. Forecasting Volatility II 15. Financial Applications of Time-varying Volatility 16. Forecasting with Nonlinear Models