tradestatistics (version 1.1)

ots_inflation_adjustment: Expresses tidy data from the API in dollars of a reference year

Description

Uses inflation records from The World Bank to convert trade records and express them in dollars of the same year.

Usage

ots_inflation_adjustment(trade_data = NULL, reference_year = NULL)

Arguments

trade_data

A tibble obtained by using ots_create_tidy_data. Default set to NULL.

reference_year

Year contained within the years specified in api.tradestatistics.io/year_range (e.g. 2010). Default set to NULL.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# The next example can take more than 5 seconds to compute,
# so this is shown without evaluation according to CRAN rules

# Convert dollars of 1980 to dollars of 2010
d <- ots_create_tidy_data(years = 1980, reporters = "chl", partners = "chn")
ots_inflation_adjustment(trade_data = d, reference_year = 2010)
# }