ons
Download Data from the 'Office for National Statistics'
Description
Provides functions to download and tidy statistical data published by the 'Office for National Statistics' <https://www.ons.gov.uk>. Covers GDP, inflation (CPI, CPIH, RPI), unemployment, employment, wages, trade, retail sales, house prices, productivity, population, and public sector finances. Most series are fetched from the 'ONS' website using its CSV time series endpoint. House price data is sourced from 'HM Land Registry' <https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry>. Data is cached locally between sessions.
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