Read data from ausmacrodata.org

get_ausmacrodata returns a time series data set from ausmacrodata.org.

get_ausmacrodata(dataset, format, ...)

Arguments

dataset	a URL for a specific data set on ausmacrodata.org, or an id for a data set.
format	The desired format for the object to be returned. Possible values are ts, xts and tibble. By default a ts object is returned for quarterly, monthly or annual data, and an xts object is returned for daily data.
...	Other arguments, not currently used.

Examples

# Read quarterly Australia GDP using full URL
y <- get_ausmacrodata("http://ausmacrodata.org/series.php?id=gdpcknaasaq")
#> Parsed with column specification:
#> cols(
#>   date = col_character(),
#>   value = col_integer(),
#>   vard = col_character(),
#>   vardd = col_character()
#> )
#> Warning: 1 parsing failure.
#> row col  expected    actual                                                  file
#>   3  -- 4 columns 5 columns 'http://ausmacrodata.org/Data/5206.0/gdpcknaasaq.csv'
plot(y)

# Read daily cash rate target interest rate using only series ID
z <- get_ausmacrodata('crtdoirymmdir')
#> Parsed with column specification:
#> cols(
#>   date = col_character(),
#>   value = col_double(),
#>   vard = col_character(),
#>   vardd = col_character()
#> )
library(xts)
plot(z)