imf_commodity: Primary commodity prices

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Primary commodity prices

Description

Commodity price levels or indices, from the IMF PCPS data flow (Primary Commodity Price System). Prices are global, so no country is required.

Usage

imf_commodity(
  indicator = "PALLFNF",
  measure = c("index", "usd", "pch_year", "pch"),
  freq = "M",
  start = NULL,
  end = NULL
)

Arguments

indicator	A PCPS commodity code, for example "PALLFNF" (all non-fuel commodities index), "POILWTI" (WTI crude), "POILBRE" (Brent crude) or "POILAPSP" (average crude).
measure	"index" (2016 = 100), "usd" (US dollars, for price series), "pch_year" (year-on-year percent change) or "pch" (period percent change).
freq	Frequency code ("M", "Q" or "A").
start, end	Optional first and last year to keep.

Value

An object of class imf_tbl (a data frame).

See Also

imf_data()

Examples

imf_commodity("POILWTI", measure = "usd", start = 2015)
imf_commodity("PALLFNF", measure = "index")

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