fred_loop: Function to download a variable from FRED for multiple...

In christophergandrud/fredr: Download a variable from the FRED database for multiple countries

Description

Function to download a variable from FRED for multiple countries

Usage

fred_loop(prefix, suffix, iso2c, var_name, single_symbol)

Arguments

prefix	character string FRED symbol prefix.
suffix	character string FRED symbol suffix.
iso2c	character vector of ISO two letter country codes.
var_name	character string of the name for the downloaded variable.
single_symbol	a character string of a single FRED symbol to download only one series. Note: do not use with prefix, suffix, iso2c. Note, will not return a column with the ISO two letter country code.

Examples

#' # Download Central government debt, total (% of GDP) for Ireland
fred_loop(prefix = 'DEBTTL', suffix = 'A188A', iso2c = 'IE',
          var_name = 'pubdebtgdp_cent_fred')

## Not run: 
# Download Central government debt, total (% of GDP) for Ireland and Japan
fred_loop(prefix = 'DEBTTL', suffix = 'A188A', iso2c = c('IE', 'JP'),
          var_name = 'pubdebtgdp_cent_fred')

## End(Not run)

# Download single series (US Federal Funds Rate)
fred_loop(single_symbol = 'FEDFUNDS', var_name = 'us_fed_funds')

christophergandrud/fredr documentation built on May 13, 2019, 7:02 p.m.