readimf 0.1.1

Leaving a dimension out now returns every value, as documented

imf_weo() documents country = NULL and indicator = NULL as “every economy” and “every indicator”, and imf_data() documents an empty key element as a wildcard. All of them returned a single blank row instead: the IMF’s SDMX 3.0 API reads an empty key position as “no value”, not “any value”. For example imf_weo(indicator = "NGDP_RPCH") returned one empty row; it now returns all 208 economies. Empty key positions are now sent as the SDMX 3.0 wildcard *.

Examples

Network examples are wrapped in try(), so an unreachable IMF API prints a message instead of failing R CMD check --run-donttest.

readimf 0.1.0

• Initial CRAN release.
• Access International Monetary Fund data through the new IMF ‘SDMX’ 3.0 API at https://data.imf.org, returned as a tidy imf_tbl with provenance.
• imf_weo() downloads World Economic Outlook series, including historical forecast vintages.
• imf_data() fetches any data flow by key. imf_dataflows(), imf_search(), imf_codelist(), imf_countries() and imf_dimensions() browse the catalogue and metadata.
• imf_ifs() routes retired International Financial Statistics codes to their new thematic data flows, and imf_ifs_map() shows the crosswalk.
• Named database wrappers with sensible defaults: imf_cpi(), imf_dots() (bilateral goods trade), imf_cofer() (reserve currency composition), imf_commodity() (primary commodity prices) and imf_gfs() (government finance). Balance of payments and financial soundness indicators are defined in the API but not yet populated, and will follow.