PRIBOR - PRague InterBank Offered Rate
The PRIBOR rates are provided by ČNB as a courtesy of the Czech
Financial Benchmark Facility s.r.o., the benchmark administrator of the
PRIBOR benchmark.
The rates can be accessed for internal purposes free of charge via
internet pages of the Czech National Bank - https://www.cnb.cz/en/financial-markets/money-market/pribor/format-of-the-pribor-rate-on-the-cnb-website/
The package {czechrates} provides a convenient way to
access the information stored on the ČNB site from the comfort of your R
session. It does not store the rates (this would be against the terms of
use, and the data would get stale rather soon). As a consequence a
working internet connection is required to use the package.
The czechrates::pribor() function has two
parameters:
date = date valid for the PRIBOR rate; default is
yesterday (Sys.Date() - 1)
maturity = tenor of the PRIBOR rate; quoted as one
of the standard maturities: 1D (overnight = default), 1W (weekly) and
1M, 2M, 3M, 6M, 9M and 1Y.
library(czechrates)
# PRIBOR: relying on default for both date and tenor
pribor()
## # A tibble: 1 × 2
## date_valid PRIBOR_1D
## <date> <dbl>
## 1 2023-09-07 0.07
# PRIBOR: specific date, default tenor
pribor(as.Date("2020-05-20"))
## # A tibble: 1 × 2
## date_valid PRIBOR_1D
## <date> <dbl>
## 1 2020-05-20 0.0025
# three specific dates + a specific tenor (weekly rate)
three_dates <- as.Date(c("2020-05-11", "2020-05-12", "2020-05-13"))
three_dates
## [1] "2020-05-11" "2020-05-12" "2020-05-13"
pribor(three_dates, "1W")
## # A tibble: 3 × 2
## date_valid PRIBOR_1W
## <date> <dbl>
## 1 2020-05-11 0.0028
## 2 2020-05-12 0.0028
## 3 2020-05-13 0.0028
# PRIBOR: four rates for a single date
pribor(as.Date("2020-05-20"), c("1D", "1W", "1M", "1Y"))
## # A tibble: 1 × 5
## date_valid PRIBOR_1D PRIBOR_1W PRIBOR_1M PRIBOR_1Y
## <date> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 2020-05-20 0.0025 0.0027 0.0031 0.0041
Using czechrates::pribor() you can re-live some of the
scariest phases of the Prague interbank market - such as the period
around Asian crisis of 1997 (when overnight rates briefly went over 100%
on annual basis).
library(czechrates)
library(ggplot2)
library(scales)
offered_rate <- pribor(seq(from = as.Date("1997-05-01"),
to = as.Date("1997-06-30"),
by = 1))
ggplot(data = offered_rate, aes(x = date_valid, y = PRIBOR_1D)) +
geom_line(color = "red", linewidth = 1.25) +
scale_x_date(date_labels = "%d.%m.%Y") +
scale_y_continuous(labels = percent_format()) +
theme_bw() +
labs(title = "A ghost of rates past...",
y = "Overnight PRIBOR (per annum basis)") +
theme(axis.title.x = element_blank())
Two-week Repo Rate
The two-week repo rate (a key policy rate) is set directly by ČNB and
also published on the ČNB internet – https://www.cnb.cz/en/faq/How-has-the-CNB-two-week-repo-rate-changed-over-time/
The czechrates::repo2w() function has but a single
parameter (as maturity is by definition two weeks):
date = date valid for the two week repo rate; default
is yesterday (Sys.Date() - 1)
# two-week REPO rate for yesterday
repo2w()
## # A tibble: 1 × 2
## date_valid REPO_2W
## <date> <dbl>
## 1 2023-09-07 0.07
# two-week REPO rate for three specific dates (as defined in the PRIBOR section)
repo2w(three_dates)
## # A tibble: 3 × 2
## date_valid REPO_2W
## <date> <dbl>
## 1 2020-05-11 0.01
## 2 2020-05-12 0.0025
## 3 2020-05-13 0.0025
To illustrate the development of the main policy rate –
i.e. czechrates::repo2w() – we can consider a more recent
history:
library(czechrates)
library(ggplot2)
library(scales)
policy_rate <- repo2w(seq(from = as.Date("2020-01-01"),
to = as.Date("2020-05-31"),
by = 1))
ggplot(data = policy_rate, aes(x = date_valid, y = REPO_2W)) +
geom_line(color = "red", linewidth = 1.25) +
scale_x_date(date_labels = "%d.%m.%Y") +
scale_y_continuous(labels = percent_format()) +
theme_bw() +
labs(title = "COVID-19 impact on CZK policy rate",
y = "ČNB REPO rate (per annum basis)") +
theme(axis.title.x = element_blank())
ČNB FX rates
The Czech National Bank publishes a list of CZK exchange rates daily.
ČNB does not actually trade at these rates, but they are immensely
influential. It is “the” official exchange rate, mandated for use in
accounting, tax and customs purposes.
The rates are available on CNB website: https://www.cnb.cz/cs/financni-trhy/devizovy-trh/kurzy-devizoveho-trhu/kurzy-devizoveho-trhu/
The czechrates::cnbfxrate() function has two
parameters:
date = date valid for the FX rate; default is
yesterday (Sys.Date() - 1)
specific_currency ISO Code of currency, default is
“ALL” / meaning a complete list of FX rates quoted for a given
day
As some currencies are not quoted per single unit (e.g. Indonesian
rupiah is quoted per 1000 IDR, and Hungarian forint per 100 HUF) the
function returns not only the rate, but also quoted amount per
currency.
# complete list of ČNB FX rates for yesterday
cnbfxrate()
## # A tibble: 31 × 4
## date_valid currency_code amount rate
## <date> <chr> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 2023-09-07 AUD 1 14.5
## 2 2023-09-07 BGN 1 12.5
## 3 2023-09-07 BRL 1 4.57
## 4 2023-09-07 CAD 1 16.7
## 5 2023-09-07 CHF 1 25.5
## 6 2023-09-07 CNY 1 3.11
## 7 2023-09-07 DKK 1 3.27
## 8 2023-09-07 EUR 1 24.4
## 9 2023-09-07 GBP 1 28.4
## 10 2023-09-07 HKD 1 2.90
## # ℹ 21 more rows
# EUR/CZK rate for three specific dates (as defined in the PRIBOR section)
cnbfxrate(three_dates, "EUR")
## # A tibble: 3 × 4
## date_valid currency_code amount rate
## <date> <chr> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 2020-05-11 EUR 1 27.6
## 2 2020-05-12 EUR 1 27.4
## 3 2020-05-13 EUR 1 27.4
For a graphic overview we can consider the EUR/CZK rate over the same
period as for the main policy interest rate:
library(czechrates)
library(ggplot2)
library(scales)
euro_rate <- cnbfxrate(seq(from = as.Date("2020-01-01"),
to = as.Date("2020-05-31"),
by = 1),
"EUR")
ggplot(data = euro_rate, aes(x = date_valid, y = rate)) +
geom_line(color = "red", linewidth = 1.25) +
scale_x_date(date_labels = "%d.%m.%Y") +
scale_y_continuous(labels = dollar_format(prefix = "",
suffix = " CZK",
accuracy = 1/100)) +
theme_bw() +
labs(title = "COVID-19 impact on CZK exchange rate",
y = "ČNB EUR/CZK FX rate") +
theme(axis.title.x = element_blank())
These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.
