load_claim_data {PRISM.forecast}

Load unemployment initial claims data

Description

Load weekly unemployment initial claim data (each week ends on the Saturday).

Usage

load_claim_data(GT.startDate = "2004-01-03", GT.endDate = "2016-12-31")

Arguments

GT.startDate

start date of claim data

GT.endDate

end date of claim data

Value

A list of following named xts objects

• claim.data unemployment initial claim data from GT.startDate to GT.endDate.

• claim.all load all unemployment initial claim data since 1967

• claim.early unemployment initial claim data prior to GT.startDate