bbk (version 0.8.0)

ecb_data: Fetch European Central Bank (ECB) data

Description

Retrieve time series data from the ECB SDMX Web Service.

Usage

ecb_data(
  flow,
  key = NULL,
  start_period = NULL,
  end_period = NULL,
  first_n = NULL,
  last_n = NULL
)

Value

A data.table::data.table() with the requested data.

Arguments

flow

(character(1))
Flow to query.

key

(character())
The series keys to query.

start_period

(NULL | character(1) | integer(1))
Start date of the data. Supported formats:

• YYYY for annual data (e.g., 2019)

• YYYY-S[1-2] for semi-annual data (e.g., "2019-S1")

• YYYY-Q[1-4] for quarterly data (e.g., "2019-Q1")

• YYYY-MM for monthly data (e.g., "2019-01")

• YYYY-W[01-53] for weekly data (e.g., "2019-W01")

• YYYY-MM-DD for daily and business data (e.g., "2019-01-01")

If NULL, no start date restriction is applied (data retrieved from the earliest available date). Default NULL.

end_period

(NULL | character(1) | integer(1))
End date of the data, in the same format as start_period. If NULL, no end date restriction is applied (data retrieved up to the most recent available date). Default NULL.

first_n

(NULL | numeric(1))
Number of observations to retrieve from the start of the series. If NULL, no restriction is applied. Default NULL.

last_n

(NULL | numeric(1))
Number of observations to retrieve from the end of the series. If NULL, no restriction is applied. Default NULL.

See Also

Other data: bbk_data(), bbk_series(), bde_data(), bdf_codelist(), bdf_data(), bdf_dataset(), boc_data(), boe_data(), onb_data(), snb_data()

Examples

# \donttest{
# fetch US dollar/Euro exchange rate
ecb_data("EXR", "D.USD.EUR.SP00.A")

# fetch data for multiple keys
ecb_data("EXR", c("D.USD", "JPY.EUR.SP00.A"))
# }