readrba 0.1.11

• update_urls argument added to read_rba() to enable users to re-scrape the RBA website if necessary to obtain updated table URLs
• internal data updated to reflect changes to RBA tables

readrba 0.1.10

• Fixes for issues in RBA tables (eg. nearly-but-not-entirely empty columns in spreadsheets)
• New environment variable “R_READRBA_DL_METHOD” can be set. When set, this is passed to the method argument of download.file(). Useful on networks where a method such as “wininet” must be used

readrba 0.1.9

• Bug fixes
• Fix for omitted data in May SMP forecast table

readrba 0.1.8

• read_forecasts() / rba_forecasts() updated to work with the new SMP format

readrba 0.1.7

• Internal metadata refreshed, reflecting changes to the tables on the RBA website. Thanks

readrba 0.1.6

• The read_forecasts() function now returns some forecasts from the 2018-22 period that were previously erroneously omitted

readrba 0.1.5

• Historical tables F16 and F17 cannot be loaded by read_rba() - this has now been made explicit. The ability to import these tables may be added in future.
• The RBA has made various changes to its statistical tables; some changes have been made to the package to reflect these changes.

readrba 0.1.4

• rba_forecasts() now checks to ensure there’s only one distinct forecast_date-date-series combination, as duplicates can arise when forecasts from multiple sources are combined
• Minor fixes to account for deprecations in dependencies

readrba 0.1.3

• Additional checks to ensure file format (eg. “xls”) matches file content (eg. “xlsx”)
• More examples added to vignette

readrba 0.1.2

• refreshed internal data, update vignette and README
• Forecasts in the 2014-2018 period now more complete, thanks to Angus Moore

readrba 0.1.1

• utils::download.file() used to attempt to address corporate network problems with curl
• ‘www’ added to URLs, to fix error encountered on some systems

readrba 0.1.0

• Speed and stability improvements
• More non-standard tables can be tidied

readrba 0.0.4

• read_cashrate() convenience function added
• Speed improvements, particularly when using series IDs

readrba 0.0.3

• Historical and current RBA forecasts now available via rba_forecasts()
• Bug fixes and speed improvements

readrba 0.0.2

• Can now use series_id argument to read_rba() to fetch based on series ID(s)
• Examine available RBA data using browse_rba_series() and browse_rba_tables()
• cur_hist = "all" no longer allowed
• Some non-standard tables now able to be tidied
• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.