boe_search: Search the BoE series catalogue

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

Search the BoE series catalogue

Description

Filters the boe_series catalogue by keyword and optional category and frequency. Useful for finding a series code without leaving R. Equivalent to a grepl against the title and code columns.

Usage

boe_search(query = NULL, category = NULL, frequency = NULL)

Arguments

query	Character. Keyword(s) to match against the title and code columns. Case-insensitive substring match. If NULL, returns all rows (subject to other filters).
category	Character. Optional filter on the category column, one or more of "interest_rates", "exchange_rates", "mortgage_market", "consumer_credit", "monetary_aggregates".
frequency	Character. Optional filter on the frequency column, one or more of "daily", "monthly", "annual".

Value

A data frame with the same columns as boe_series, restricted to matching rows.

See Also

boe_browse(), boe_series

Other discovery: boe_browse()

Examples

# Find mortgage-related series
boe_search("mortgage")

# All daily interest-rate series
boe_search(category = "interest_rates", frequency = "daily")

# Locate the Bank Rate code
boe_search("bank rate")

boe documentation built on May 30, 2026, 5:06 p.m.