Changelog • readrba

Bug fixes
Fix for omitted data in May SMP forecast table

read_forecasts() / rba_forecasts() updated to work with the new SMP format

Internal metadata refreshed, reflecting changes to the tables on the RBA website. Thanks

The read_forecasts() function now returns some forecasts from the 2018-22 period that were previously erroneously omitted

Historical tables F16 and F17 cannot be loaded by read_rba() - this has now been made explicit. The ability to import these tables may be added in future.
The RBA has made various changes to its statistical tables; some changes have been made to the package to reflect these changes.

rba_forecasts() now checks to ensure there’s only one distinct forecast_date-date-series combination, as duplicates can arise when forecasts from multiple sources are combined
Minor fixes to account for deprecations in dependencies

Additional checks to ensure file format (eg. “xls”) matches file content (eg. “xlsx”)
More examples added to vignette

refreshed internal data, update vignette and README
Forecasts in the 2014-2018 period now more complete, thanks to Angus Moore

utils::download.file() used to attempt to address corporate network problems with curl
‘www’ added to URLs, to fix error encountered on some systems

Speed and stability improvements
More non-standard tables can be tidied

read_cashrate() convenience function added
Speed improvements, particularly when using series IDs

Historical and current RBA forecasts now available via rba_forecasts()
Bug fixes and speed improvements

Can now use series_id argument to read_rba() to fetch based on series ID(s)
Examine available RBA data using browse_rba_series() and browse_rba_tables()
cur_hist = "all" no longer allowed
Some non-standard tables now able to be tidied
Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.