boe_sonia: Download SONIA interest rate

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

Download SONIA interest rate

Description

Downloads the Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA), the risk-free reference rate for sterling markets. Available daily from January 1997.

Usage

boe_sonia(
  from = "1997-01-02",
  to = Sys.Date(),
  frequency = c("daily", "monthly", "annual"),
  cache = TRUE
)

Arguments

from	Date or character (YYYY-MM-DD). Start date. Defaults to "1997-01-02".
to	Date or character (YYYY-MM-DD). End date. Defaults to today.
frequency	Character. One of "daily" (default), "monthly" (monthly average), or "annual" (annual average).
cache	Logical. Use cached data if available (default TRUE).

Value

A data frame with columns:

date

Date. Observation date.

rate_pct

Numeric. SONIA rate (percent).

Source

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

See Also

Other interest rates: boe_bank_rate(), boe_yield_curve()

Examples

op <- options(boe.cache_dir = tempdir())
boe_sonia(from = "2020-01-01")
options(op)

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