getFred: Download data from FRED, using quantmod or fredr

In eloualiche/miscr: Miscellaneous R code

Description

Download data from FRED, using quantmod or fredr

Usage

getFred(fred_series, date_ym = T, quantmod = T, fredr = F)

Arguments

fred_series:	a string representing a series from FRED
date_ym:	boolean, if TRUE creates a monthly date variable a la French
quantmod:	if TRUE downloads FRED through the quantmod package
fredr:	if TRUE downloads FRED through the fredr package

Value

dt: a data.table

Note

The download method through quantmod (default) or fredr are mutually exlcusive. For now quantmod is more up to date given FRED move to secure download

Examples

dt_gdp <- getFred("GDP", date_ym = TRUE, quantmod = TRUE)

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