Using ECODATA on Posit Cloud

ECO 301: Money and Banking

Using ECODATA on Posit Cloud

  1. Login / Create Posit Cloud account at https://posit.cloud

  2. Create your own copy of the ECODATA Exercises project by following:

    https://posit.cloud/content/9518648

  3. Click + Save a Permanent Copy (top-right corner) to save your copy

  4. Login / Create FRED account at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/
    (click My Account at top right)

  5. Get your FRED key at https://fredaccount.stlouisfed.org/apikeys

  6. Copy that 32-character key and in the Posit Cloud console, set the key:
    ecodata::ecodata_set_fredkey("abcd1234efgh5678ijkl9012mnop3456")
    (insert your own 32-character key, this one won’t work)