retrieve_inflation_data {priceR}

Retrieve historical inflation data

Description

Retrieve inflation data for any country/region (using iso2Code or country_name)

Usage

retrieve_inflation_data(country, countries_dataframe)

Arguments

country

A country_name or iso2code (see show_countries() for complete list of available inputs).

countries_dataframe

The output from show_countries(). It is optional, but if not provided, it will be retrieved via the API.

Value

A data.frame containing inflation data from World Bank API for specified country

Examples

## Not run: 
# Retrieve inflation data for any country (or iso2Code)
country <- "AU"
inflation_dataframe <- retrieve_inflation_data(country)

country <- "Australia"
countries_dataframe <- show_countries()
inflation_dataframe <- retrieve_inflation_data(country, countries_dataframe)

## End(Not run)
# inflation_dataframe
#    indicator.id                       indicator.value country.id country.value     value
#  FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)         AU     Australia      <NA>
#  FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)         AU     Australia   1.94864
#  FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)         AU     Australia   1.27699
#  FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)         AU     Australia   1.50836
#  Etc