survey_professional_forecasters

Get the Philadelphia Fed Survey of Professional Forecasters consensus.

Examples

from openbb import obb
obb.federal_reserve.philadelphia.survey_professional_forecasters(provider='federal_reserve')
# Get the mean nominal GDP growth forecast.
obb.federal_reserve.philadelphia.survey_professional_forecasters(variable='NGDP', statistic='mean', transform='growth', provider='federal_reserve')
# Get the long-run CPI inflation projection.
obb.federal_reserve.philadelphia.survey_professional_forecasters(variable='CPI10', statistic='median', provider='federal_reserve')

Parameters

• standard
• federal_reserve

variable: str | None
Default: RGDP
The forecast variable code, e.g. 'RGDP' for real GDP. Codes ending in '10' (e.g. 'CPI10', 'RGDP10') are long-run, ten-year-average projections published only as a level.

statistic: str | None
Default: median
The cross-forecaster summary statistic.

transform: str | None
Default: level
The series transform; 'growth' is only published for level-and-growth variables.

start_date: date | None | str
Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

end_date: date | None | str
End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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Returns

results: FederalReservePhiladelphiaSpf

Serializable results.

provider: str | None

Provider name.

warnings: Optional[list[Warning_]]

List of warnings.

chart: Optional[Chart]

Chart object.

extra: dict[str, Any]

Extra info.

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Data

• standard
• federal_reserve

date: date | str
The survey quarter, as a quarter-start date.

horizon_1: float | None
The current-quarter forecast.

horizon_2: float | None
The one-quarter-ahead forecast.

horizon_3: float | None
The two-quarter-ahead forecast.

horizon_4: float | None
The three-quarter-ahead forecast.

horizon_5: float | None
The four-quarter-ahead forecast.

horizon_6: float | None
The five-quarter-ahead forecast.

annual_a: float | None
The forecast for the current year.

annual_b: float | None
The forecast for the next year.

annual_c: float | None
The forecast for two years ahead.

annual_d: float | None
The forecast for three years ahead.

long_run: float | None
The ten-year-average projection, for long-run variables.