Return ifo expectation data

Usage

ifo_expectation(type = c("export", "employment"))

Source

https://www.ifo.de/en/ifo-time-series

Arguments

type

(character(1))
Defaults to "export". One of:

"export": returns the ifo export expectations for manufacturing.
"employment": returns the ifo employment barometer for Germany.

Value

A data.frame() containing the monthly ifo expectation time series.

Details

For type = "employment", expectation contains the employment barometer, an index with 2015 = 100. manufacturing, construction, trade, and service_sector contain balances.

Examples

# \donttest{
expectation <- ifo_expectation("export")
head(expectation)
#>    yearmonth expectation
#> 1 1991-01-01   -11.78807
#> 2 1991-02-01    -5.94689
#> 3 1991-03-01    -8.09049
#> 4 1991-04-01    -4.92426
#> 5 1991-05-01    -4.78301
#> 6 1991-06-01    -3.19577
# }