ai-economist-skill
A unified tool for central bank policy analysis and real-time GDP nowcasting for the US and Canada.
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill ai-economist-skill --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# AI Economist Skill A unified tool for central bank policy analysis and real-time GDP nowcasting for the US and Canada. ## Features ### 🏦 Policy Oracle (Taylor Rule Engine) - **Multi-Model Gap Estimation**: Calculates output gaps using Okun's Law (Labor), HP Filter (Statistical), and Capacity Utilization (Industrial). - **Non-Linear Taylor Rule**: Implements asymmetric central bank preferences for high inflation scenarios. - **Bayesian Inference**: Provides statistical confidence intervals for the model-implied policy rates. - **Visual Analytics**: Generates sensitivity charts showing policy rate requirements across different macro scenarios. ### 🚀 GDP Nowcast (GDPCastNow) - **Quant Bridge Model**: Extracts latent macro factors using SVD/PCA from high-frequency indicators (Industrial Production, Retail Sales, Payrolls, etc.). - **AI Sentiment Correction**: Scrapes news RSS feeds and official flash estimates (StatCan) to adjust quantitative forecasts with real-time sentiment. - **Official Integration**: Direct scraping of StatCan "Daily" reports for the most recent economic outlooks. ## Usage ### 1. Requirements Ensure you have the dependencies installed: ```bash pip install -r r
- Features
- 🏦 Policy Oracle (Taylor Rule Engine)
- 🚀 GDP Nowcast (GDPCastNow)
- Usage
- 1. Requirements
- 2. Execution
- Configuration
pip install -r requirements.txt python main.py policy --country US python main.py policy --country Canada python main.py gdp --country US python main.py gdp --country Canada
What does the ai-economist-skill skill do?
A unified tool for central bank policy analysis and real-time GDP nowcasting for the US and Canada.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill ai-economist-skill --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.