custom-series {grattanInflators}

Custom series

Description

Used when the true series is not appropriate, as when a forecast is desired and the series is required beyond the original series.

Usage

dr2index(index, d1, r1, ...)

Arguments

index

An index (i.e. a data.table with columns date and value, where date is an arithmetic sequence of monthly, quarterly, or annual dates), and value is the indexed value for that date.

d1

A single date or value representing a date.

r1

The desired rate of increase for the index from the last date in index to the end of d1. For example, d1 = 2025 and r1 = 0 applied to a monthly index would keep value constant until 2025-12-01.

...

A set of date-rate pairs.

Value

index with dates extended until the last supported date. The final rate supplied is the rate for all dates after the final date.