get_fixed_release: Extract Vintage Values from a Data Frame

In reviser: Analyzing Revisions in Real-Time Time Series Vintages

Extract Vintage Values from a Data Frame

Description

Some statistical agencies make a final revision of their data after a certain period of time in a give month in the year. This function extracts values from a given month or quarter a specified number of years after the initial release.

Usage

get_fixed_release(df, years, month = NULL, quarter = NULL)

Arguments

df	A data frame containing columns pub_date (publication date) and time (observation date).
years	A single whole number of years after pub_date for which the values should be extracted.
month	An optional parameter specifying the target month as a name ("July") or an integer (7). Cannot be used with quarter. At least one of month or quarter must be supplied.
quarter	An optional parameter specifying the target quarter (1-4). Cannot be used with month. At least one of month or quarter must be supplied.

Value

A filtered data frame containing values matching the specified criteria.

See Also

Other revision utilities: get_days_to_release(), get_first_release(), get_latest_release(), get_nth_release(), get_releases_by_date(), get_revisions()

Examples

df <- dplyr::filter(reviser::gdp, id == "US")
dta <- get_fixed_release(df, month = "July", years = 3)
dta <- get_fixed_release(df, month = 7, years = 3)
dta <- get_fixed_release(df, quarter = 3, years = 3)

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