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ons 0.1.5

Data-correctness release.

  • ons_gdp() read every measure from the first-estimate dataset (PN2), which is only updated at each first estimate. After the quarterly national accounts (QNA) are published it is out of date: in October 2026 it still gave Q2 2026 GDP of GBP 712.5bn in the old chained-volume prices, where the national accounts give GBP 744.5bn after Blue Book 2026, and growth of 0.4% rather than the revised 0.5%. Each series is now read from whichever of the two datasets the ONS released most recently.
  • ons_gdp(measure = "yoy") returned annual figures (series IHYP), one row a year, from a quarterly function. It now returns the quarterly series (IHYR): growth on the same quarter a year earlier.
  • ons_wages(measure = "real") failed with HTTP 404: the ONS moved the real earnings index (A2F8) from the LMS dataset to EMP. Both are now tried.
  • The cache never expired, so a series downloaded once was returned unchanged on every later call, missing each new release. Cached copies are now re-fetched after 24 hours; set options(ons.cache_ttl = <hours>) to change this.

ons 0.1.4

CRAN release: 2026-09-09

  • Added rate limiting to ons_search() to match other API functions and prevent accidental 429 errors.

ons 0.1.3

CRAN release: 2026-03-18

  • Examples now wrapped in try() to handle transient ONS API failures gracefully during CRAN checks.

ons 0.1.2

  • Removed non-existent pkgdown URL from DESCRIPTION.

ons 0.1.1

  • Examples now cache to tempdir() instead of the user’s home directory, fixing CRAN policy compliance for \donttest examples.
  • Cache directory is now configurable via options(ons.cache_dir = ...).

ons 0.1.0

CRAN release: 2026-03-12