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$$
{{\bar \sigma }^2}\left( {1 - \hat P} \right) - \sum\limits_{j = 1}^m {{\zeta _j}{{\bar v}_j}}
$$
where ${\bar \sigma}^2$ is the unconditional variance of $\varepsilon^2$ which
is consistently estimated by its sample counterpart at every iteration of the
solver following the mean equation filtration, and ${\bar v}_j$ represents the
sample mean of the $j^{th}$ external regressors in the variance equation
(assuming stationarity), and $\hat P$ is the persistence and defined below. If a
numeric value was provided to the \emph{variance.targeting} option in the specification
(instead of logical), this will be used instead of ${\bar \sigma }^2$ for the
calculation.\footnote{Note that this should represent a value related to the variance
in the plain vanilla GARCH model. In more general models such as the APARCH, this is
a value related to $\sigma^{\delta}$, which may not be obvious since $\delta$ is not
known prior to estimation, and therefore care should be taken in those cases.
Finally, if scaling is used in the estimation (via the fit.control option), this value will
also be automatically scale adjusted by the routine.}
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