NEWS

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readecb 0.1.3

• ecb_fetch() now checks for empty API responses and throws an informative error instead of returning a malformed data frame.
• ecb_exchange_rate() now validates currency codes upfront, with a helpful error pointing to list_exchange_rates().
• ecb_hicp() now validates the country argument is a non-empty character vector.

readecb 0.1.2 (2026-03-19)

• Removed non-existent pkgdown URL from DESCRIPTION.

readecb 0.1.1

• Examples now cache to tempdir() instead of the user's home directory, fixing CRAN policy compliance for \donttest examples.
• Cache directory is now configurable via options(readecb.cache_dir = ...).

readecb 0.1.0

• Initial release.
• ecb_policy_rates(), ecb_estr(), ecb_mortgage_rates(), ecb_lending_rates() for ECB interest rate data.
• ecb_euribor() for EURIBOR interbank lending rates at 1M, 3M, 6M, and 12M tenors.
• ecb_hicp() for harmonised consumer price inflation.
• ecb_exchange_rate() and list_exchange_rates() for euro reference exchange rates.
• ecb_yield_curve() for euro area government bond yields.
• ecb_money_supply() for M1, M2, M3 monetary aggregates.
• ecb_gdp() for quarterly euro area real GDP.
• ecb_unemployment() for the monthly euro area unemployment rate.
• ecb_government_debt() for the annual government debt-to-GDP ratio.
• ecb_get() and list_ecb_dataflows() for direct access to any ECB dataflow.
• clear_cache() to remove locally cached files.
• Data sourced from the ECB Data Portal API https://data.ecb.europa.eu.