tidyBdE

tidyBdE (on CRAN)

API package that helps to retrieve data from Banco de España.

Key features:

~14.000 time series available. Specific series can be search by keyword.

Includes macroeconomic data from the Statistical Bulletin, key summary indicators, exchange rates and interest rates.
Helper functions to retrieve some of the most relevant indicators via bde_ind_* functions (bde_ind_unemployment_rate(), bde_ind_gdp_var(), bde_ind_ibex(), etc.).
Specific color palettes and theme for ggplot2.

Data sources:

Bank of Spain time-series bulk data download. This includes also data from ECB, INE, Eurostat, etc.

Output formats:

tibble, with dates and numbers formatted to base R specification (i.e. 2,000.32 with decimal comma is converted to 2000,32).

Quick demo

library(tidyBdE)
library(tidyverse)
euribor_month <- bde_ind_euribor_12m_monthly() %>%
  filter(Date > "2010-01-01")
ggplot(euribor_month, aes(Date, Euribor_12M_Monthly)) +
  geom_line(colour = bde_vivid_pal()(1)) +
  scale_y_continuous(
    labels = scales::number_format(suffix = "%")
  ) +
  theme_bde() +
  labs(
    title = "Euribor 12 months",
    subtitle = "Monthly data",
    caption = "Source: BdE"
  )

Quick demo

library(tidyBdE)
library(tidyverse)
euribor_month <- bde_ind_euribor_12m_monthly() %>%
  filter(Date > "2010-01-01")
ggplot(euribor_month, aes(Date, Euribor_12M_Monthly)) +
  geom_line(colour = bde_vivid_pal()(1)) +
  scale_y_continuous(
    labels = scales::number_format(suffix = "%")
  ) +
  theme_bde() +
  labs(
    title = "Euribor 12 months",
    subtitle = "Monthly data",
    caption = "Source: BdE"
  )

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