1. Introduction to brfinance"

In brfinance: Access to Brazilian Macroeconomic and Financial Time Series

# Definir mirror do CRAN primeiro
options(repos = c(CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org/"))

knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  collapse = TRUE,
  comment = "#>"
)

A Simple Solution for Brazilian Financial Data

The brfinance package provides simplified access to Brazilian macroeconomic and financial indicators from official sources like IBGE and Central Bank of Brazil.

Core Functions

• get_selic_rate() - Daily SELIC interest rate
• get_unemployment() - Quarterly unemployment rate
• get_inflation_rate() - Monthly IPCA inflation
• plot_selic_rate() - SELIC rate visualization
• plot_unemployment() - Unemployment rate visualization

Language Support

All functions support both English ("eng") and Portuguese ("pt") through the language parameter:

# English (default)
data_eng <- get_selic_rate(2020, 2024, language = "eng")

# Portuguese
data_pt <- get_selic_rate(2020, 2024, language = "pt")

Installation:

# From CRAN
install.packages("brfinance")

# Development version
devtools::install_github("efram2/brfinance")

library(brfinance)

brfinance documentation built on Feb. 19, 2026, 9:06 a.m.