getFailures: Get information on bank failures from FDIC data

In fdicdata: Accessing FDIC Bank Data

Get information on bank failures from FDIC data

Description

This function retrieves information on bank failures from the FDIC data API, using the specified fields and (optional) date range. If a date range is specified, only failures within that range will be included.

Usage

getFailures(fields, range = NULL, limit = 10000)

Arguments

fields	a character vector specifying the fields to include in the output. NAME The name of the failed bank CERT The FDIC certificate number of the failed bank FIN The failed bank's unique financial institution identifier CITYST The city and state where the failed bank was located FAILDATE The date of the bank failure FAILYR The year of the bank failure SAVR Whether the failed bank was a savings and loan association RESTYPE The type of failed institution RESTYPE1 A more specific classification of the failed institution CHCLASS1 The bank's charter class QBFDEP The amount of deposits held by the bank at the time of failure QBFASSET The total assets held by the bank at the time of failure COST The estimated cost to the FDIC of the bank's failure PSTALP The FDIC's estimated percentage of insured deposits paid to depositors
range	a numeric vector of length 2 specifying the start and end dates (in YYYY format) for the date range to include. If not specified, all failures will be included.
limit	an integer specifying the maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 10,000.

Value

a data frame containing the requested fields for each bank failure within the specified date range (if applicable).

Examples

df <- getFailures(c("CERT", "NAME", "FAILDATE", "CITY", "STATE"), range = c(2010, 2015))
head(df)

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