individualSPF: Download individual mean survey data

In joergrieger/Survey: Download data from the Survey of Professional Forecasters

Description

Download individual mean survey data

Usage

individualSPF(survey = "NGDP", variable = "NGDP1")

Arguments

survey	The survey you wish to download
variable	The variable name indicating the forecast horizon, e.g. "NGDP1" or "CPI2".

Details

This function downloads an individual survey

Value

individual SPF returns an object of class "survey".

An object of class "survey" is a list containing the following components

survey	The name of the survey
type	Type of the survey, i.e. mean, median, growth, or individual (see individualSPF)
variable	Name of the variable indicating the forecast horizon, e.g. "NGDP1", or "NGDP2", downloaded. If "all", all forecast horizons were downloaded
series	An object of the class ts containing the downloaded series

Examples

## Not run: 
# download the growth rate forecasts for the consumer price index
tmp <- downloadSPF(survey = "CPI", type = "growth")

## End(Not run)

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