Lift: Inforum's Model of the U.S. Economy

Lift (for Long-term Interindustry Forecasting Tool) is a model of the economy of the United States built by Inforum. Among the models in the Inforum family, it is both the oldest and the most fully developed. Here, the evolution of our U.S. modeling efforts are quickly traced. Then the structure of LIFT is described. The remaining sections discuss data considerations, give some equation specifications, and present a selected bibliography.