Use these functions to find the table number or series ID of the data you're interested in.
browse_rba_series(search_string = "")
browse_rba_tables(search_string = "", refresh = FALSE)Word or phrase to search for, such as "gold" or "commodity" or "labour".
If left as "", the function will return all series.
logical; FALSE by default. When FALSE, internal data is
used. When TRUE, the RBA website is re-scraped to obtain current information
about available tables This can take a few seconds.
A data.frame (tbl_df) containing RBA data series/tables that match the search_string.
Where no search_string is supplied, the data.frame will contain information
about all RBA series/tables.
The data.frame returned by browse_rba_tables() includes a column called
readable. This column takes the value TRUE if the table is able to be
read by read_rba() and FALSE if it cannot be read.
# Find series that contain 'unemployment'
browse_rba_series("unemployment")
#> # A tibble: 3 × 8
#> table_no series series_id series_type table_title cur_hist description
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 H5 Unemployment GLFSUPSA Seasonally… H5 Labour … current Unemployed…
#> 2 H5 Unemployment … GLFSURSA Seasonally… H5 Labour … current Unemployed…
#> 3 H5 Unemployment … GLFSURTR Trend H5 Labour … current Unemployed…
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: frequency <chr>
# Or all labour-related series
browse_rba_series("labour")
#> # A tibble: 28 × 8
#> table_no series series_id series_type table_title cur_hist description
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 H4 Non-farm lab… GNFPROSQI Seasonally… H4 Labour … current Non-farm l…
#> 2 H4 Quarterly pr… GWPIPRIQP Seasonally… H4 Labour … current Wage price…
#> 3 H4 Quarterly pu… GWPIPUBQP Seasonally… H4 Labour … current Wage price…
#> 4 H4 Quarterly wa… GWPIQP Seasonally… H4 Labour … current Wage price…
#> 5 H4 Year-ended n… GNFAEYP Seasonally… H4 Labour … current Non-farm a…
#> 6 H4 Year-ended n… GNFPROSQP Seasonally… H4 Labour … current Non-farm l…
#> 7 H4 Year-ended n… GNFULCYP Seasonally… H4 Labour … current Non-farm n…
#> 8 H4 Year-ended p… GWPIPRIYP Seasonally… H4 Labour … current Wage price…
#> 9 H4 Year-ended p… GWPIPUBYP Seasonally… H4 Labour … current Wage price…
#> 10 H4 Year-ended w… GWPIYP Seasonally… H4 Labour … current Wage price…
#> # ℹ 18 more rows
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: frequency <chr>
# Or those related to commodities
browse_rba_series("commodities")
#> # A tibble: 9 × 8
#> table_no series series_id series_type table_title cur_hist description
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 I2 Bulk commodit… GRCPBCAD Original I2 Commodi… current Index of c…
#> 2 I2 Bulk commodit… GRCPBCSDR Original I2 Commodi… current Index of c…
#> 3 I2 Bulk commodit… GRCPBCUSD Original I2 Commodi… current Index of c…
#> 4 I2 Bulk commodit… GRCPBCSAD Original I2 Commodi… current Index of c…
#> 5 I2 Bulk commodit… GRCPBCSS… Original I2 Commodi… current Index of c…
#> 6 I2 Bulk commodit… GRCPBCSU… Original I2 Commodi… current Index of c…
#> 7 I2 Commodity pri… GRCPAISAD Original I2 Commodi… current Index of c…
#> 8 I2 Commodity pri… GRCPAISS… Original I2 Commodi… current Index of c…
#> 9 I2 Commodity pri… GRCPAISU… Original I2 Commodi… current Index of c…
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: frequency <chr>
# Or all series
browse_rba_series()
#> # A tibble: 4,265 × 8
#> table_no series series_id series_type table_title cur_hist description
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 A1 Australian G… ARBALDOG… Original A1 Reserve… current Australian…
#> 2 A1 Australian d… ARBAAASTW Original A1 Reserve… current Australian…
#> 3 A1 Australian d… ARBAAASTW Original A1 Reserve… histori… Australian…
#> 4 A1 Capital and … ARBALCRFW Original A1 Reserve… current Capital an…
#> 5 A1 Capital and … ARBALCRFW Original A1 Reserve… histori… Capital an…
#> 6 A1 Deposits (ex… ARBALDEPW Original A1 Reserve… histori… Deposits (…
#> 7 A1 Deposits of … ARBALDOO… Original A1 Reserve… current Deposits o…
#> 8 A1 Exchange set… ARBALESBW Original A1 Reserve… current Exchange s…
#> 9 A1 Exchange set… ARBALESBW Original A1 Reserve… histori… Exchange s…
#> 10 A1 Gold and for… ARBAAGFXW Original A1 Reserve… current Gold and f…
#> # ℹ 4,255 more rows
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: frequency <chr>
# Or just look for tables that contain the word 'labour'
browse_rba_tables("labour")
#> # A tibble: 2 × 5
#> title no url current_or_historical readable
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <lgl>
#> 1 Labour Costs and Productivity H4 https://ww… current TRUE
#> 2 Labour Force H5 https://ww… current TRUE
# Or all tables
browse_rba_tables()
#> # A tibble: 126 × 5
#> title no url current_or_historical readable
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <lgl>
#> 1 RBA Balance Sheet A1 http… current TRUE
#> 2 Monetary Policy Changes A2 http… current TRUE
#> 3 Monetary Policy Operations – Curr… A3 http… current TRUE
#> 4 Holdings of Australian Government… A3.1 http… current TRUE
#> 5 Securities Lending Repurchase and… A3.2 http… current TRUE
#> 6 Foreign Exchange Transactions and… A4 http… current TRUE
#> 7 Daily Foreign Exchange Market Int… A5 http… current TRUE
#> 8 Banknotes on Issue by Denomination A6 http… current TRUE
#> 9 Detected Australian Counterfeits … A7 http… current TRUE
#> 10 Assets of Financial Institutions B1 http… current TRUE
#> # ℹ 116 more rows
# To re-scrape the RBA website to ensure you have up-to-date information
# about available tables:
if (FALSE) {
browse_rba_tables(refresh = TRUE)
}