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obr 0.2.5

• EFO, Welfare Trends Report, and Fiscal Sustainability Report download URLs are now resolved dynamically, trying recent publication dates in reverse chronological order. This prevents functions from breaking when OBR publishes new editions. Hardcoded URLs are retained as fallbacks.

obr 0.2.4

• Removed non-existent pkgdown URL from DESCRIPTION.

obr 0.2.3

• 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(obr.cache_dir = ...).

obr 0.2.2

• Fix README URLs flagged by CRAN incoming checks (301 redirects).
• Add “Databank” to WORDLIST.

obr 0.2.1

• Update WORDLIST with domain-specific terms (EFO, FSR, WTR, CPIH, etc.)

obr 0.2.0

New datasets

Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO)

• get_efo_fiscal() — five-year fiscal projections (net borrowing components) from the latest Budget
• get_efo_economy(measure) — quarterly economic projections: "inflation" (CPI, CPIH, RPI, RPIX), "labour" (employment, unemployment, participation), or "output_gap"
• list_efo_economy_measures() — list available economy measures

Welfare Trends Report (WTR)

• get_welfare_spending() — working-age welfare spending split by incapacity and non-incapacity (% of GDP, from 1978-79)
• get_incapacity_spending() — incapacity benefits spending by benefit type (ESA, IB, Invalidity Benefit, Sickness Benefit, SDA) as % of GDP
• get_incapacity_caseloads() — combined incapacity benefit caseloads and prevalence since 2008-09

Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report (FSR)

• get_pension_projections() — 50-year state pension spending projections (% of GDP) under alternative demographic and triple-lock scenarios

obr 0.1.0

• Initial release
• get_psnb(), get_psnd(), get_expenditure(), get_receipts() for Public Finances Databank aggregates
• get_public_finances() for all Databank series in tidy long format
• get_forecasts() and list_forecast_series() for Historical Official Forecasts Database
• clear_cache() to remove locally cached files
• Data sourced from the OBR Public Finances Databank and Historical Official Forecasts Database

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.