NEWS
readoecd 0.3.4
- Fixed incorrect function name in NEWS.md (
get_oecd_trade corrected to
get_oecd_current_account).
- Fixed cache tag bug in
get_oecd_unemployment() when requesting all
countries.
- Standardised NULL check pattern across all data functions.
readoecd 0.3.3 (2026-03-18)
- Examples now wrapped in
try() to handle transient OECD API failures
gracefully during CRAN checks.
readoecd 0.3.2
- Removed non-existent pkgdown URL from DESCRIPTION.
readoecd 0.3.1
- 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(readoecd.cache_dir = ...).
readoecd 0.3.0 (2026-03-12)
- Added
get_oecd_cpi() — annual CPI inflation rate, year-on-year (OECD Prices database).
- Added
get_oecd_deficit() — general government net lending/borrowing as % of GDP (NAAG).
- Added
get_oecd_inequality() — Gini coefficient of disposable income (OECD IDD).
readoecd 0.2.0
- Added
get_oecd_gdp() — annual GDP at current prices (OECD National Accounts).
- Added
get_oecd_tax() — total tax revenue as % of GDP (OECD Revenue Statistics).
- Added
get_oecd_health() — total health expenditure as % of GDP (SHA database).
- Added
get_oecd_education() — total education expenditure as % of GDP (EAG UOE Finance).
- Added
get_oecd_productivity() — GDP per hour worked or per capita (OECD PDB).
- Added
get_oecd_current_account() — annual current account balance in USD (OECD BOP).
readoecd 0.1.0
- Initial release.
get_oecd_unemployment() — monthly unemployment rates for all 38 OECD members.
- Utility functions:
list_oecd_countries(), check_oecd_api(), clear_oecd_cache().
- Data is downloaded from the OECD Data Explorer API on first use and cached locally.