R Observatory: Metrics for bridgr version 1.0.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

CRAN requires the check problems on this package to be fixed before 2026-08-28 or it will be archived.

bridgr

1.0.0

Bridging Data Frequencies for Timely Economic Forecasts

0packages depend

2.7Kdownloads / year

83.8%test coverage

12/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Marc BurriFirst published 2024-12-133 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Implements bridge and MIDAS-style mixed-frequency models for nowcasting and forecasting macroeconomic variables by linking higher-frequency indicator variables to a lower-frequency target series. The package standardizes input data, infers regular frequencies, forecasts missing indicator observations, and aggregates indicators to the target frequency before fitting a regression with autoregressive target dynamics. Frequency alignment can be customized through user-supplied conversion rules. For more on bridge and MIDAS models, see Baffigi, A., Golinelli, R., & Parigi, G. (2004) doi:10.1016/S0169-2070(03)00067-0, Ghysels, Sinko, & Valkanov (2007) doi:10.1080/07474930600972467, Andreou, Ghysels, & Kourtellos (2010) doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2010.01.004, Schumacher (2016) doi:10.1016/j.ijforecast.2015.07.004, and Burri (2026) doi:10.1111/obes.70073.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("bridgr", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("marcburri/bridgr")

Development version from marcburri/bridgr. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-bridgr

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-bridgr

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-bridgr

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

1ERROR12OK

Failing flavors

ERROR r-release-windows-x86_64

Slowest check: 7.7 min · r-release-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.57

83.8%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

9

Dependencies · direct

Check history

ERROR2026-08-21
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-08-12
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
ERROR2026-08-10
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Show 9 earlier snapshots

OK2026-07-21
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
ERROR2026-07-14
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-07-07
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
ERROR2026-07-04
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-05-28
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
ERROR2026-05-21
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-30
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
ERROR2026-03-29
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 405 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 83%
References docs: 7%

Downloads

2.7K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #15,815 · ~7/day · ~222/mo

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Repository

GitHub ↗ marcburri/bridgr

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2Releases

188Commits

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188 commits · Last activity 2026-08-15 · 0% stars, 30d

Stars over time

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Repository practices

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cran-comments.md

Docs source (1)

README.Rmd

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Coverage (1)

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

13 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 4.1.0

Imports (9)

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none

Suggests (4)

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People & History

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Maintainer (1)

Marc Burri

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Copyright holders (1)

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Package Timeline

3 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

1.0.0Latest
2026-08-21 · current release · diff ↗
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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2024-12-13
Total releases: 3 / 2 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.1.0
Bundled data: 61 KB / 4 files
Download size: 1.6 MB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("bridgr")

Format

Burri, M. (2026). bridgr: Bridging Data Frequencies for Timely Economic Forecasts (Version 1.0.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.bridgr

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for bridgr version 1.0.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-21. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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