tidyusmacro (version 0.1.0)

getUnrateFRED: Get Full Unemployment Rate from FRED

Description

Downloads the civilian unemployment level and labor force level from FRED, and calculates the unemployment rate as \(\text{unemploy\_level} / \text{lf\_level}\).

Usage

getUnrateFRED()

Value

A tibble with columns:

date

Observation date

unemploy_level

Civilian unemployment level (in thousands)

lf_level

Civilian labor force level (in thousands)

full_unrate

Unemployment rate (decimal)

Examples

# \donttest{
  getUnrateFRED()
# }