sample size=5000            */ sample size
equations=5                 */no. of equations
lags=1                      */ no. of lags
forecast=7                  */ steps ahead to forecast
standard deviation minimum=0.1     */ standard dev minimum
standard deviation maximum=1.0     */ standard dev maximum
maximum damping=0.9                */ maximum dampling
minimum period=1000.0              */ minimum period
noise model=gaussian            */ gaussian, exp, double exp, uniform, log normal
true                            */ true to forecast using true parameter
no                              */ impulse to output the impulse response
#  */ end of var.cnl parameter reads