ifo (version 0.2.0)

ifo_climate: Return ifo climate data

Description

Return ifo climate data

Usage

ifo_climate(type = c("import", "export", "world", "euro"))

Value

A data.frame() containing the monthly ifo climate time series.

Arguments

type

character(1) Defaults to "import". One of:

• "import": returns the ifo import climate.

• "export": returns the ifo export climate.

• "world": returns the ifo world economic climate.

• "euro": returns the ifo world economic climate for the euro zone.

References

Grimme C, Lehmann R, Nöller M (2018). “Das ifo Importklima -- ein erster Frühindikator für die Prognose der deutschen Importe.” ifo Schnelldienst, 71(12), 27--32.

Grimme, Christian, Lehmann, Robert, Nöller, Marvin (2021). “Forecasting imports with information from abroad.” Economic Modelling, 98, 109--117.

Examples

# \donttest{
ifo_climate("import")
# }