R packages
I’ve been an R developer for a decade and have 17 packages for economics and data analysis on CRAN. Source for all of them is on GitHub.
UK data access
| Package | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
ons | Office for National Statistics data | CRAN |
boe | Bank of England statistical database | CRAN |
hmrc | HM Revenue and Customs tax statistics | CRAN |
obr | Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts | CRAN |
ukhousing | UK housing data (Land Registry, EPC, planning) | GitHub |
International data access
| Package | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
readecb | European Central Bank Data Portal | CRAN |
readoecd | OECD statistics | CRAN |
fred | Federal Reserve Economic Data | CRAN |
readnoaa | NOAA climate data | CRAN |
readaec | Australian Electoral Commission data | CRAN |
comtrade | UN Comtrade international trade flows | CRAN |
carbondata | Carbon market data (ETS, voluntary registries) | GitHub |
Applied analysis
| Package | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
inflateR | Currency and inflation adjustment | CRAN |
inflationkit | CPI decomposition, core measures, Phillips curve | CRAN |
debtkit | Debt sustainability analysis | CRAN |
yieldcurves | Yield curve fitting, carry, PCA, duration | CRAN |
nowcast | Economic nowcasting, bridge equations | CRAN |
climatekit | 35 climate indices | CRAN |
predictset | Conformal prediction intervals | CRAN |
inequality | Inequality measurement, decomposition, poverty | GitHub |