ukg_eeri {stevedata}R Documentation

United Kingdom Effective Exchange Rate Index Data, 1990-2022

Description

This is a (near) daily data set on the effective exchange rate index for the United Kingdom's pound sterling from 1990 onward. The data are indexed, such that 100 equals the monthly average in January 2005. This is useful for illustrating devaluations of the pound after Black Wednesday, the financial crisis, and, more recently, the UK's separation from the European Union.

Usage

ukg_eeri

Format

A data frame with 8318 observations on the following 2 variables.

date

a date

value

a numeric vector for the effective exchange rate index (Jan. 2005 = 100)

Details

Credit to the Bank of England for making these data readily available and accessible. The Bank of England's website (https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/) has these data with a code of XUDLBK67.

Source

Bank of England


[Package stevedata version 1.3.0 Index]