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Fetch Bank of England (BoE) data

Source: R/boe.R
boe_data.Rd

Retrieve time series data from the BoE database.

Usage

boe_data(key, start_date, end_date = Sys.Date())

Source

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/boeapps/database

Arguments

key

(character())
The series keys to query.

start_date

(character(1) | Date(1))
Start date of the data.

end_date

(character(1) | Date(1))
End date of the data. Default is today's date.

Value

A data.table::data.table() with the requested data.

See also

Other data: bbk_data(), bbk_series(), bde_data(), bde_latest(), bdf_codelist(), bdf_data(), bdf_dataset(), bdp_data(), bis_data(), boc_data(), boj_data(), ecb_data(), nob_data(), onb_data(), snb_data(), srb_cross_rates(), srb_data()

Examples

# \donttest{
# Bank Rate
boe_data("IUDBEDR", "2015-01-01")
#>             date     key value        description   freq        instruments
#>           <Date>  <char> <num>             <char> <char>             <char>
#>    1: 2015-01-02 IUDBEDR  0.50 Official Bank Rate  daily Official Bank Rate
#>    2: 2015-01-05 IUDBEDR  0.50 Official Bank Rate  daily Official Bank Rate
#>    3: 2015-01-06 IUDBEDR  0.50 Official Bank Rate  daily Official Bank Rate
#>    4: 2015-01-07 IUDBEDR  0.50 Official Bank Rate  daily Official Bank Rate
#>    5: 2015-01-08 IUDBEDR  0.50 Official Bank Rate  daily Official Bank Rate
#>   ---                                                                      
#> 2839: 2026-03-26 IUDBEDR  3.75 Official Bank Rate  daily Official Bank Rate
#> 2840: 2026-03-27 IUDBEDR  3.75 Official Bank Rate  daily Official Bank Rate
#> 2841: 2026-03-30 IUDBEDR  3.75 Official Bank Rate  daily Official Bank Rate
#> 2842: 2026-03-31 IUDBEDR  3.75 Official Bank Rate  daily Official Bank Rate
#> 2843: 2026-04-01 IUDBEDR  3.75 Official Bank Rate  daily Official Bank Rate

# SONIA daily rate
boe_data("IUDSOIA", "2015-01-01")
#>             date     key  value
#>           <Date>  <char>  <num>
#>    1: 2015-01-02 IUDSOIA 0.4316
#>    2: 2015-01-05 IUDSOIA 0.4335
#>    3: 2015-01-06 IUDSOIA 0.4300
#>    4: 2015-01-07 IUDSOIA 0.4292
#>    5: 2015-01-08 IUDSOIA 0.4339
#>   ---                          
#> 2838: 2026-03-25 IUDSOIA 3.7278
#> 2839: 2026-03-26 IUDSOIA 3.7282
#> 2840: 2026-03-27 IUDSOIA 3.7284
#> 2841: 2026-03-30 IUDSOIA 3.7281
#> 2842: 2026-03-31 IUDSOIA 3.7296
#>                                               description   freq
#>                                                    <char> <char>
#>    1: Daily Sterling overnight index average (SONIA) rate  daily
#>    2: Daily Sterling overnight index average (SONIA) rate  daily
#>    3: Daily Sterling overnight index average (SONIA) rate  daily
#>    4: Daily Sterling overnight index average (SONIA) rate  daily
#>    5: Daily Sterling overnight index average (SONIA) rate  daily
#>   ---                                                           
#> 2838: Daily Sterling overnight index average (SONIA) rate  daily
#> 2839: Daily Sterling overnight index average (SONIA) rate  daily
#> 2840: Daily Sterling overnight index average (SONIA) rate  daily
#> 2841: Daily Sterling overnight index average (SONIA) rate  daily
#> 2842: Daily Sterling overnight index average (SONIA) rate  daily

# 10-year nominal par yield
boe_data("IUDMNPY", "2015-01-01")
#>             date     key  value
#>           <Date>  <char>  <num>
#>    1: 2015-01-02 IUDMNPY 1.7846
#>    2: 2015-01-05 IUDMNPY 1.7162
#>    3: 2015-01-06 IUDMNPY 1.6465
#>    4: 2015-01-07 IUDMNPY 1.6584
#>    5: 2015-01-08 IUDMNPY 1.6970
#>   ---                          
#> 2838: 2026-03-25 IUDMNPY 4.7721
#> 2839: 2026-03-26 IUDMNPY 4.8935
#> 2840: 2026-03-27 IUDMNPY 4.8935
#> 2841: 2026-03-30 IUDMNPY 4.8806
#> 2842: 2026-03-31 IUDMNPY 4.8615
#>                                                               description
#>                                                                    <char>
#>    1: Yield from British Government Securities, 10 year Nominal Par Yield
#>    2: Yield from British Government Securities, 10 year Nominal Par Yield
#>    3: Yield from British Government Securities, 10 year Nominal Par Yield
#>    4: Yield from British Government Securities, 10 year Nominal Par Yield
#>    5: Yield from British Government Securities, 10 year Nominal Par Yield
#>   ---                                                                    
#> 2838: Yield from British Government Securities, 10 year Nominal Par Yield
#> 2839: Yield from British Government Securities, 10 year Nominal Par Yield
#> 2840: Yield from British Government Securities, 10 year Nominal Par Yield
#> 2841: Yield from British Government Securities, 10 year Nominal Par Yield
#> 2842: Yield from British Government Securities, 10 year Nominal Par Yield
#>         freq     seasonal_adjustment   type output_in instrument_currency
#>       <char>                  <char> <char>    <char>              <char>
#>    1:  daily Not seasonally adjusted  Yield   Percent            Sterling
#>    2:  daily Not seasonally adjusted  Yield   Percent            Sterling
#>    3:  daily Not seasonally adjusted  Yield   Percent            Sterling
#>    4:  daily Not seasonally adjusted  Yield   Percent            Sterling
#>    5:  daily Not seasonally adjusted  Yield   Percent            Sterling
#>   ---                                                                    
#> 2838:  daily Not seasonally adjusted  Yield   Percent            Sterling
#> 2839:  daily Not seasonally adjusted  Yield   Percent            Sterling
#> 2840:  daily Not seasonally adjusted  Yield   Percent            Sterling
#> 2841:  daily Not seasonally adjusted  Yield   Percent            Sterling
#> 2842:  daily Not seasonally adjusted  Yield   Percent            Sterling
#>                      instruments
#>                           <char>
#>    1: Nominal par yield, 10 year
#>    2: Nominal par yield, 10 year
#>    3: Nominal par yield, 10 year
#>    4: Nominal par yield, 10 year
#>    5: Nominal par yield, 10 year
#>   ---                           
#> 2838: Nominal par yield, 10 year
#> 2839: Nominal par yield, 10 year
#> 2840: Nominal par yield, 10 year
#> 2841: Nominal par yield, 10 year
#> 2842: Nominal par yield, 10 year

# multiple series
boe_data(c("IUMABEDR", "IUALBEDR"), "2015-01-01")
#>            date      key value                           description    freq
#>          <Date>   <char> <num>                                <char>  <char>
#>   1: 2015-01-31 IUMABEDR  0.50 Monthly average of official Bank Rate monthly
#>   2: 2015-02-28 IUMABEDR  0.50 Monthly average of official Bank Rate monthly
#>   3: 2015-03-31 IUMABEDR  0.50 Monthly average of official Bank Rate monthly
#>   4: 2015-04-30 IUMABEDR  0.50 Monthly average of official Bank Rate monthly
#>   5: 2015-05-31 IUMABEDR  0.50 Monthly average of official Bank Rate monthly
#>  ---                                                                        
#> 142: 2021-12-31 IUALBEDR  0.25           End year official Bank Rate  annual
#> 143: 2022-12-31 IUALBEDR  3.50           End year official Bank Rate  annual
#> 144: 2023-12-31 IUALBEDR  5.25           End year official Bank Rate  annual
#> 145: 2024-12-31 IUALBEDR  4.75           End year official Bank Rate  annual
#> 146: 2025-12-31 IUALBEDR  3.75           End year official Bank Rate  annual
#>          seasonal_adjustment          type output_in instrument_currency
#>                       <char>        <char>    <char>              <char>
#>   1: Not seasonally adjusted Interest rate   Percent            Sterling
#>   2: Not seasonally adjusted Interest rate   Percent            Sterling
#>   3: Not seasonally adjusted Interest rate   Percent            Sterling
#>   4: Not seasonally adjusted Interest rate   Percent            Sterling
#>   5: Not seasonally adjusted Interest rate   Percent            Sterling
#>  ---                                                                    
#> 142:                    <NA> Interest rate   Percent            Sterling
#> 143:                    <NA> Interest rate   Percent            Sterling
#> 144:                    <NA> Interest rate   Percent            Sterling
#> 145:                    <NA> Interest rate   Percent            Sterling
#> 146:                    <NA> Interest rate   Percent            Sterling
#>             instruments
#>                  <char>
#>   1: Official Bank Rate
#>   2: Official Bank Rate
#>   3: Official Bank Rate
#>   4: Official Bank Rate
#>   5: Official Bank Rate
#>  ---                   
#> 142: Official Bank Rate
#> 143: Official Bank Rate
#> 144: Official Bank Rate
#> 145: Official Bank Rate
#> 146: Official Bank Rate
# }