I have two different variables across a time series over a couple thousand time steps. I want to predict the values of the dependent variable (y) based values of the independent variable (x) in the future. I have been using a VAR model in R from the vars package. The problem here seems to be that the VAR model predicts both x and y and treats the future time steps as the independent variable. What is the appropriate model or method to use predict y in the future given x?
Solved – the best model for time series data with independent and dependent variables
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Best Answer
The documentation for the vars package vignette describes Impulse / Response Analysis as the last step. This sounds like what you are looking for. They end with unemployment predicted by the other variables with the command:
"irf" is an acronym for Impulse Response Function.
There is also a wiki page with a general introduction for several disciplines. My guess is that the one on Economics might be closest to what you want.