get_series

The function returns data series or tables. Due to CRAN package size requirements, the data is stored on github.

Flow of funds are financial accounts that are provided by Federal Reserve quarterly. The package contains all
datasets <https://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload/Choose.aspx?rel=z1>, tables <https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/FOFTables.aspx>
and descriptions <https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/Guide/z1_tables_description.pdf> with functions to understand series <https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/SeriesStructure.aspx> and explore them.

Hamid Shafiezadeh

fedz1

An Easier Access to Financial Accounts of the United States(Z.1)

get_series function

<dl><dt>choice</dt>
<dd>can be "series" or "tables</dd></dl>

Arguments

<ul>
<li>date - Time-period</li>
<li>value - Observed-Value</li>
<li>SERIES_NAME - name of a series. There are more than twenty thousands series exist</li>
<li>CURRENCY - USD or NA. NA means series is percent or index</li>
<li>SERIES_PREFIX - Each prefix letters indicate the series type. see fedz1:::meaning_of_prefix()</li>
<li>UNIT - Currency, percent or index</li>
<li>UNIT_MULT - 1,1,000 or 1,000,000</li>
<li>short description _ description of the series</li>
<li>FREQ - A:annually data; Q:quarterly data</li>
</ul>

series_data

<ul>
<li>tname - name of a table</li>
<li>SERIES_NAME - name of a series. There are more than twenty thousands series exist</li>
<li>Description - Long Description of series</li>
<li>date - Time-period</li>
<li>value - Observed-Value</li>
<li>UNIT - Currency, percent or index</li>
</ul>

tables_data

Data — get_series

<dl>

<dt>choice</dt>
<dd>can be "series" or "tables</dd>

</dl>

<ul>
<li>date - Time-period</li>
<li>value - Observed-Value</li>
<li>SERIES_NAME - name of a series. There are more than twenty thousands series exist</li>
<li>CURRENCY - USD or NA. NA means series is percent or index</li>
<li>SERIES_PREFIX - Each prefix letters indicate the series type. see fedz1:::meaning_of_prefix()</li>
<li>UNIT - Currency, percent or index</li>
<li>UNIT_MULT - 1,1,000 or 1,000,000</li>
<li>short description _ description of the series</li>
<li>FREQ - A:annually data; Q:quarterly data</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>tname - name of a table</li>
<li>SERIES_NAME - name of a series. There are more than twenty thousands series exist</li>
<li>Description - Long Description of series</li>
<li>date - Time-period</li>
<li>value - Observed-Value</li>
<li>UNIT - Currency, percent or index</li>
</ul>

get_series: Data

Description

Usage

Value

Arguments

series_data

tables_data

Details

See Also