getBLSFiles

This function downloads and processes data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
for a given data source. It downloads several auxiliary files, merges them to enrich
series metadata, downloads the main data file, and assigns dates based on the period
code. For monthly data (codes "M01"–"M12") the date is set to the first day of the month;
if the period is "M13", the date is set to December 31; and for quarterly data (codes
"Q1"–"Q4") the date is assigned as the last day of the quarter's final month.

Utilities to retrieve and tidy U.S. macroeconomic data series
from public government data providers. Functions streamline access to series
from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED),
the Bureau of Labor Statistics flat files, and the Bureau of Economic
Analysis National Income and Product Accounts tables, then return
consistent, tidy data frames ready for modeling and graphics. The package includes
helpers for date alignment, log-linear projections, and common macro diagnostics,
along with convenience plot builders for quick publication-quality charts.

Mike Konczal

tidyusmacro

Downloading and Cleaning U.S. Macroeconomic Data

getBLSFiles function

<dl><dt>data_source</dt>
<dd>A character string specifying the data source. One of <code>"cpi"</code>,
<code>"eci"</code>, <code>"jolts"</code>, <code>"cps"</code>, <code>"ces"</code>, <code>"averageprice"</code>, or <code>"food"</code>.</dd>
<dt>email</dt>
<dd>A character string containing your email address. This is used as the HTTP
user agent when downloading files.</dd></dl>

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Download and Process BLS Time Series Files with Vectorized Date Assignment — getBLSFiles

<dl>

<dt>data_source</dt>
<dd>A character string specifying the data source. One of <code>"cpi"</code>,
<code>"eci"</code>, <code>"jolts"</code>, <code>"cps"</code>, <code>"ces"</code>, <code>"averageprice"</code>, or <code>"food"</code>.</dd>


<dt>email</dt>
<dd>A character string containing your email address. This is used as the HTTP
user agent when downloading files.</dd>

</dl>

getBLSFiles: Download and Process BLS Time Series Files with Vectorized Date Assignment

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