Economic Statistics System of the Bank of Korea.

ecos package

Introduction

한국은행 경제통계시스템
Economic Statistics System of Bank of Korea (Open API Service)
(https://ecos.bok.or.kr/api/#/)

Installation

# install from CRAN
install.packages("ecos")

# Alternatively
devtools::install_github("seokhoonj/ecos")  

Examples

library(ecos)

# set your api key
ecos.setKey(api_key = "your_api_key")

# or permanently
usethis::edit_r_environ() # add KOSIS_API_KEY="your_api_key" in .Renviron

# data search (if you don't know the stat_code / item_code)
interest_rate <- statSearch()
Please insert stat_code: 902Y006
Please insert item_code1: US

# or simply
interest_rate <- statSearch(stat_code = "902Y006", item_code1 = "US", cycle = "M")

An example of plot using central bank policy rate data (US) from ECOS