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debtkit 0.1.4

Patch release. A citation correction and a documentation addition. No computed value changes.

The Blanchard citation pointed at the wrong paper

The package cites Blanchard (1990) for the debt dynamics framework, but the DOI given was 10.1787/budget-v2-art12-en. That DOI resolves, which is why it survived CRAN's incoming check, but CrossRef records it as a 2003 item in the OECD Journal on Budgeting carrying no title and no listed authors. It is not the 1990 paper.

The correct reference is 10.1787/435618162862, "Suggestions for a New Set of Fiscal Indicators", OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1990, whose CrossRef title and year match the claim exactly. Corrected in DESCRIPTION and in the @references for dk_decompose(), dk_project() and dk_rg().

dk_fan_chart() documents what seed does to your random stream

Passing seed calls set.seed() and does not restore the previous state, so the caller's stream is left reseeded. That behaviour is unchanged: the save-and-restore implementation was removed at CRAN's request in 0.1.2 because it manipulated .GlobalEnv, and reinstating it would re-open a question a reviewer has already settled. It is now stated in a "Random number generation" section on the help page instead, with the workaround, rather than being left for users to discover.

debtkit 0.1.3 (2026-09-08)

• dk_gfn() now returns an S3 object of class dk_gfn with dedicated print() and plot() methods, consistent with other debtkit functions.

debtkit 0.1.2 (2026-03-31)

• Removed .GlobalEnv modification in dk_fan_chart() seed handling, per CRAN policy.

debtkit 0.1.1

• Fixed Bohn (1998) DOI: replaced defunct JSTOR DOI with QJE publisher DOI (10.1162/003355398555793).

debtkit 0.1.0

• Initial release.
• Deterministic debt projections via dk_project() using the standard debt dynamics equation.
• Historical decomposition of debt changes into interest, growth, primary balance, and stock-flow adjustment effects via dk_decompose().
• Interest rate-growth differential and debt-stabilising primary balance via dk_rg().
• Bohn (1998) fiscal reaction function estimation with OLS, rolling-window, and quadratic methods via dk_bohn_test(). HAC (Newey-West) standard errors via robust_se = TRUE.
• Stochastic debt fan charts via Monte Carlo simulation using dk_fan_chart() and dk_estimate_shocks(). Supports bootstrap residual resampling.
• Six standardised IMF stress tests via dk_stress_test(), with optional data-driven calibration.
• IMF-style heat map risk assessment via dk_heat_map().
• Gross financing needs projection via dk_gfn().
• European Commission S1/S2 sustainability gap indicators via dk_sustainability_gap().
• Scenario comparison via dk_compare().
• Built-in sample data via dk_sample_data().