load_claim_data: Load unemployment initial claims data

In PRISM.forecast: Penalized Regression with Inferred Seasonality Module - Forecasting Unemployment Initial Claims using 'Google Trends' Data

Description

Load weekly unemployment initial claim data (each week ends on the Saturday).

Usage

load_claim_data(GT.startDate = "2004-01-03", GT.endDate = "2016-12-31")

Arguments

GT.startDate	start date of claim data
GT.endDate	end date of claim data

Value

A list of following named xts objects

• claim.data unemployment initial claim data from GT.startDate to GT.endDate.

• claim.all load all unemployment initial claim data since 1967

• claim.early unemployment initial claim data prior to GT.startDate

PRISM.forecast documentation built on Oct. 23, 2020, 7:34 p.m.