NEWS
ifo 0.3.1.9000
ifo 0.3.1 (2026-10-20)
ifo_expectation("employment") works again after ifo renamed the employment workbook. The workbook is now found by its link title, which has stayed stable across filename changes.
ifo 0.3.0 (2026-09-19)
Breaking changes
ifo_business() sorts the long format output by yearmonth. Previously rows were grouped by indicator and series.ifo_climate("export") names the climate column climate instead of ifo_climate, matching ifo_climate("import").
New features and bug fixes
ifo_expectation("employment") finds the current employment workbook after ifo changed its filename.ifo_expectation() no longer returns rows without observations.- New
ifo_vintage() returns the real-time vintages of the ifo business climate for Germany and its sectors.
ifo 0.2.5 (2026-08-21)
- Trailing undated rows used for workbook footnotes are no longer returned.
ifo_business() no longer emits coercion warnings for type = "eastern" and type = "saxony".ifo_business("sectors") now labels the industry index and balance columns correctly.ifo_climate("world") and ifo_climate("euro") now return quarter-start dates instead of treating quarter labels as months.ifo_expectation("export") no longer drops the first observation.
ifo 0.2.4 (2026-06-29)
- Clearer error when the ifo website returns multiple urls for a single type.
ifo 0.2.3 (2026-02-06)
ifo_expectation() now returns column expectation instead of the
misspelled expecation.
ifo 0.2.2 (2025-08-31)
- Documentation improvements.
ifo 0.2.1 (2025-06-07)
- Adjust to new ifo website urls.
ifo 0.2.0 (2024-11-28)
- Move to curl package for HTTP requests.
ifo 0.1.0 (2024-06-06)