# Help : Model diagnostics tells me my steady state cannot be computed

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**Category:** Steady state\
**Created:** [4 June 2023 19:56 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/help-model-diagnostics-tells-me-my-steady-state-cannot-be-computed/22548 "2023-06-04T19:56:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![moconnor](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@moconnor](https://forum.dynare.org/u/moconnor)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2023 19:56 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/help-model-diagnostics-tells-me-my-steady-state-cannot-be-computed/22548/1 "2023-06-04T19:56:53Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to solve Tesar and Stockman’s - Taste and Technology in a two-country model of the business cycle.  
[TS.mod](https://forum.dynare.org/uploads/short-url/zPmzv0iM0XOO4MEIfk5xJhAseft.mod) (3.4 KB)

When I try finding the steady-state, model diagnostic gives me MODEL\_DIAGNOSTICS: The steady state cannot be computed.

I’ve set a block of initval to try to achieve some sort of lower residuals, but I do not know how to find appropriate initial values for the model so that it could compute and find a steady state.

Here are my residual values and following messages :

Equation number 1 : -3.0669 : 1  
Equation number 2 : -3.0669 : 2  
Equation number 3 : -2.0929 : 3  
Equation number 4 : -2.0929 : 4  
Equation number 5 : 0.063141 : lambt  
Equation number 6 : 0.063141 : lambts  
Equation number 7 : 0.063148 : 7  
Equation number 8 : 0.063148 : 8  
Equation number 9 : 0.12858 : lambnt  
Equation number 10 : 0.1286 : lambnts  
Equation number 11 : -0.30407 : 11  
Equation number 12 : -0.50138 : 12  
Equation number 13 : -0.30408 : 13  
Equation number 14 : -0.50139 : 14  
Equation number 15 : 0.39579 : 15  
Equation number 16 : 0.82319 : 16  
Equation number 17 : 0.39579 : 17  
Equation number 18 : 0.82319 : 18  
Equation number 19 : 0 : 19  
Equation number 20 : 0 : 20  
Equation number 21 : 0 : 21  
Equation number 22 : 0 : 22  
Equation number 23 : 1.0002 : l  
Equation number 24 : 1.0001 : ls

Residuals of the static equations:

Equation number 1 : 0.0021716 : 1  
Equation number 2 : 0.00064302 : 2  
Equation number 3 : 2.519e-05 : 3  
Equation number 4 : 0.00095038 : 4  
Equation number 5 : -0.0016239 : lambt  
Equation number 6 : -0.0027729 : lambts  
Equation number 7 : -0.0013872 : 7  
Equation number 8 : -0.002409 : 8  
Equation number 9 : -0.0028084 : lambnt  
Equation number 10 : -0.0049678 : lambnts  
Equation number 11 : -0.002599 : 11  
Equation number 12 : -0.0022006 : 12  
Equation number 13 : -0.00044551 : 13  
Equation number 14 : -0.00030665 : 14  
Equation number 15 : 0.0017008 : 15  
Equation number 16 : 0.001677 : 16  
Equation number 17 : -0.00027211 : 17  
Equation number 18 : -0.00179 : 18  
Equation number 19 : 0 : 19  
Equation number 20 : 0 : 20  
Equation number 21 : 0 : 21  
Equation number 22 : 0 : 22  
Equation number 23 : -0.00018206 : l  
Equation number 24 : 0.00011008 : ls

Error using print\_info  
Impossible to find the steady state (the sum of  
square residuals of the static equations is  
0.0001). Either the model doesn’t have a steady  
state, there are an infinity of steady states,  
or the guess values are too far from the  
solution

Error in steady (line 102)  
print\_info(info,options\_.noprint, options\_);

Error in TS.driver (line 403)  
steady;

Error in dynare (line 278)  
evalin(‘base’,[fname ‘.driver’]);

I appreciate every bit of help.

Cheers and thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/jpfeifer/32/5044_2.png) [@jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/u/jpfeifer)\
**Post date:** [5 June 2023 01:48 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/help-model-diagnostics-tells-me-my-steady-state-cannot-be-computed/22548/2 "2023-06-05T01:48:33Z")

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I can only recommend trying to compute the steady state by pencil and paper.