ifo_business: Return ifo business climate data

In ifo: Client for the Ifo Institute Time Series

Return ifo business climate data

Description

Return ifo business climate data

Usage

ifo_business(
  type = c("germany", "sectors", "eastern", "saxony"),
  long_format = TRUE
)

Arguments

type	(character(1)) Defaults to "germany". One of: "germany": returns the ifo business climate index for Germany. "sectors": returns the ifo business climate index for different sectors. "eastern": returns the ifo business climate index for eastern Germany. "saxony": returns the ifo business climate index for Saxony.
long_format	(logical(1)) If TRUE return the data in long format. Only applies to type "germany" and "sectors". Default TRUE.

Details

With long_format = TRUE, type = "germany" and type = "sectors" return one observation per row in value. The other columns describe each observation:

• indicator: climate, situation, or expectation.

• series: index or balance.

• sector: the sector, returned only for type = "sectors".

For type = "sectors", sector = "industry" corresponds to "Industry and Trade" in the source. It is the only sector available as both an index and a balance; all other sectors are balances.

For type = "germany", uncertainty and economic_expansion repeat across the six indicator and series combinations for each month.

Value

A data.frame() containing the monthly ifo business climate time series.

Source

https://www.ifo.de/en/ifo-time-series

See Also

The article for a reproducible example.

Examples

business <- ifo_business("germany")
head(business)

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