freq: Convert to Specific Frequency

In cmann3/recon: Useful Functions for Economists

Description

freq converts an 'xts' time series object to a different time frequency.

Usage

freq(x, freq = "q", OHLC = FALSE)

Arguments

x	'xts' object
freq	frequency which to convert. Accepts 'y', 'q', 'm', 'w', or 'd' for dates. Also accepts 'h', '30m', '15m', '10m', '5m', '3m', and 'mn' for times.
OHLC	logical describing whether to keep the Open, High, Low, and Close of data after conversion. Defaults to FALSE.

Value

'xts' object

Examples

urate <- fred('UNRATE') # monthly Civilian Unemployment Rate data
freq(urate, 'y')        # yearly Unemployment Rate

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