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Ex 1A: ENDE_XDC_USD_RATE - Exchange Rates
IFS_Q %>%
filter(INDICATOR == "ENDE_XDC_USD_RATE",
iso2c %in% c("GB", "FR", "DE")) %>%
ggplot +
geom_line(aes(x = date, y = value, color = iso2c, linetype = iso2c)) +
theme_minimal() + xlab("") + ylab("Exchange Rate ($1 = ?National Currency)") +
scale_x_date(breaks = seq(1960, 2020, 5) %>% paste0("-01-01") %>% as.Date,
labels = date_format("%y")) +
scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, 10, 1),
labels = dollar_format(accuracy = 0.1, prefix = "", suffix = "../$")) +
scale_color_manual(values = viridis(5)[1:4]) +
theme(legend.position = c(0.8, 0.80),
legend.title = element_blank())

Ex 1B: EREER_ULC_IX - REER based on ULC
IFS_Q %>%
filter(INDICATOR == "EREER_ULC_IX",
iso2c %in% c("GB", "FR", "DE", "US")) %>%
ggplot() +
geom_line(aes(x = date, y = value, color = iso2c, linetype = iso2c)) +
theme_minimal() + xlab("") + ylab("REER based on ULC") +
scale_x_date(breaks = seq(1960, 2020, 5) %>% paste0("-01-01") %>% as.Date,
labels = date_format("%y")) +
scale_y_log10(breaks = seq(0, 200, 10),
labels = dollar_format(accuracy = 1, prefix = "")) +
scale_color_manual(values = viridis(5)[1:4]) +
theme(legend.position = c(0.8, 0.2),
legend.title = element_blank())

Ex 1C: EREER_IX - Exchange Rates, REER based on CPI
IFS_Q %>%
filter(INDICATOR == "EREER_IX",
iso2c %in% c("GB", "FR", "DE", "US")) %>%
ggplot() +
geom_line(aes(x = date, y = value, color = iso2c, linetype = iso2c)) +
theme_minimal() + xlab("") + ylab("REER based on CPI") +
scale_x_date(breaks = seq(1960, 2020, 5) %>% paste0("-01-01") %>% as.Date,
labels = date_format("%y")) +
scale_y_log10(breaks = seq(0, 200, 10),
labels = dollar_format(accuracy = 1, prefix = "")) +
scale_color_manual(values = viridis(5)[1:4]) +
theme(legend.position = c(0.8, 0.80),
legend.title = element_blank())

Ex 2: Financial Market Prices, Equities, Index - FPE_IX
IFS_Q %>%
filter(INDICATOR == "FPE_IX",
iso2c %in% c("GB", "FR", "DE", "US")) %>%
ggplot() +
geom_line(aes(x = date, y = value, color = iso2c, linetype = iso2c)) +
theme_minimal() + xlab("") + ylab("Market Values") +
scale_x_date(breaks = seq(1950, 2020, 5) %>% paste0("-01-01") %>% as.Date,
labels = date_format("%y")) +
scale_y_log10(breaks = c(seq(0, 5, 1), seq(0, 50, 10), seq(0, 200, 50)),
labels = dollar_format(accuracy = 1, prefix = "")) +
scale_color_manual(values = viridis(5)[1:4]) +
theme(legend.position = c(0.8, 0.20),
legend.title = element_blank())
