boe_exchange_rate: Download sterling exchange rates

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

Download sterling exchange rates

Description

Downloads daily spot exchange rates for sterling against major currencies from the Bank of England. Most series available from January 1975.

Usage

boe_exchange_rate(
  currency = "USD",
  from = "1975-01-02",
  to = Sys.Date(),
  cache = TRUE
)

Arguments

currency	Character vector. One or more currency codes. Use list_exchange_rates() to see all available currencies. Defaults to "USD".
from	Date or character (YYYY-MM-DD). Start date. Defaults to "1975-01-02".
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. Observation date.

currency

Character. Currency code (e.g. "USD").

rate

Numeric. Units of foreign currency per GBP.

Source

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

Examples

# GBP/USD since 2020
boe_exchange_rate("USD", from = "2020-01-01")

# Multiple currencies
boe_exchange_rate(c("USD", "EUR", "JPY"), from = "2020-01-01")

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