Package 'fedz1'

Title: An Easier Access to Financial Accounts of the United States(Z.1)
Description: Flow of funds are financial accounts that are provided by Federal Reserve quarterly. The package contains all datasets <https://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload/Choose.aspx?rel=z1>, tables <https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/FOFTables.aspx> and descriptions <https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/Guide/z1_tables_description.pdf> with functions to understand series <https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/SeriesStructure.aspx> and explore them.
Authors: Hamid Shafiezadeh [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Hamid Shafiezadeh <[email protected]>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Version: 0.1.0
Built: 2026-06-06 08:48:20 UTC
Source: https://github.com/cran/fedz1

Help Index

Title of tables

Description

all_tables_title() returns title of all tables. It is helpful to get familiar with available tables. Each table contains a number of data set.

Usage

all_tables_title()

Value

A tibble of title of all tables

See Also

https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/FOFTables.aspx

Examples

all_tables_title()

Data

Description

The function returns data series or tables. Due to CRAN package size requirements, the data is stored on github.

Usage

get_series(choice = c("series", "tables"))

Arguments

choice

can be "series" or "tables

Details

get_series() load entire series or tables. For example: get_series(choice="series") series_data contains all series available in flow of funds and tables_data contains all tables and series

Value

series or tables

series_data

  • date - Time-period

  • value - Observed-Value

  • SERIES_NAME - name of a series. There are more than twenty thousands series exist

  • CURRENCY - USD or NA. NA means series is percent or index

  • SERIES_PREFIX - Each prefix letters indicate the series type. see fedz1:::meaning_of_prefix()

  • UNIT - Currency, percent or index

  • UNIT_MULT - 1,1,000 or 1,000,000

  • short description _ description of the series

  • FREQ - A:annually data; Q:quarterly data

tables_data

  • tname - name of a table

  • SERIES_NAME - name of a series. There are more than twenty thousands series exist

  • Description - Long Description of series

  • date - Time-period

  • value - Observed-Value

  • UNIT - Currency, percent or index

See Also

https://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload/Choose.aspx?rel=z1

https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/FOFTables.aspx

Definition of series prefix

Description

meaning_of_prefix() returns definition of series. Each series start with two letters. Each prefix letters indicate the series type.

Usage

meaning_of_prefix(prefix)

Arguments

prefix

is SERIES_PREFIX. Value could be FA, FC, FG, FI, FL, FR, FS, FU, FV, LA, LM, PC.

Value

character for definition of series

See Also

https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/SeriesStructure.aspx

Examples

meaning_of_prefix("FL")

Meaning of prefix

Description

Each prefix letters indicate the series type

Usage

mprefix

Format

mprefix

A data frame with 12 rows and 2 columns:

SERIES_PREFIX

prefix of series

meaning

meaning of a prefix

Source

https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/SeriesStructure.aspx

Title of series with a short description

Description

Data is obtained from a web scraping from flow of funds website

Usage

prds

Format

prds

A data frame with 11,291 rows and 2 columns:

title1

series name

short description

description of the series

Source

https://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload/Choose.aspx?rel=z1

search series

Description

search_series() return all series with the search. For example: search_series("Real estate investment trusts")

Usage

search_series(series)

Arguments

series

is SERIES name

Value

A tibble of series

search tables

Description

search_tables() return series associated with a table

Usage

search_tables(tables)

Arguments

tables

is table name

Value

A tibble of series in a table

Examples

search_tables("Nonfinancial Corporate Business")

Description of a table

Description

table_descr() return the definition of a table. Each table contains a number of data set.

Usage

table_descr(table_title)

Arguments

table_title

is name of a single table or vector of multiple tables. You can obtain title of tables by all_tables_title()

Value

character for definition of a table(s)

See Also

https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/Guide/z1_tables_description.pdf

Examples

table_descr('Credit Unions')
table_descr(c('Net Capital Transfers',"Closed-End Funds"))

Title of tables

Description

Data is obtained from a web scraping from Financial Accounts Guide

Usage

table_detail

Format

table_detail

A data frame with 198 rows and 3 columns:

summary

title as shows on the source website

name

title of the table

code

code of each table as shows on the source website

Source

https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/fof/FOFTables.aspx