Macro Economic Model

WHENWhen importing CSV portfolio files with special characters

ACTIONuse 'utf-8-sig' encoding to handle BOM markers in CSV files

CONSEQUENCECSV files with UTF-8 BOM markers will fail to parse correctly, causing KeyError exceptions when reading row fields and preventing portfolio data from loading

WHENWhen parsing date fields from CSV input files

ACTIONuse the exact date format '%d/%m/%Y' for each date parsing

CONSEQUENCEDate fields with inconsistent format will raise ValueError during parsing, causing the entire model run to fail at data import stage

WHENWhen reading EIOPA parameter and curve files

ACTIONuse CSV files with columns matching pattern '{country}_Maturities' and '{country}_Values'

CONSEQUENCEColumn selection using non-existent country columns will raise KeyError, causing the Smith-Wilson calibration to fail with no risk-free curve data