boe_consumer_credit: Download consumer credit outstanding

In boe: Download Data from the Bank of England Statistical Database

Download consumer credit outstanding

Description

Downloads monthly outstanding amounts of consumer credit (total, credit cards, and other consumer credit). Seasonally adjusted. Available from April 1993.

Usage

boe_consumer_credit(
  type = c("total", "credit_card", "other"),
  from = "1993-04-01",
  to = Sys.Date(),
  cache = TRUE
)

Arguments

type	Character vector. One or more of "total", "credit_card", "other". Defaults to all three.
from	Date or character (YYYY-MM-DD). Start date. Defaults to "1993-04-01".
to	Date or character (YYYY-MM-DD). End date. Defaults to today.
cache	Logical. Use cached data if available (default TRUE).

Value

A data frame with columns:

date

Date. End of month.

type

Character. Credit type.

amount_gbp_m

Numeric. Outstanding amount (millions of pounds).

Source

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/boeapps/database/

Examples

boe_consumer_credit(from = "2015-01-01")

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