Package: bridgr
Type: Package
Title: Bridging Data Frequencies for Timely Economic Forecasts
Version: 1.0.0
Authors@R: c(
    person(
      "Marc", "Burri", , "marc.burri91@gmail.com",
      role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
      comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-8974-9090")
    )
  )
Maintainer: Marc Burri <marc.burri91@gmail.com>
Description: Implements bridge and MIDAS-style mixed-frequency models
        for nowcasting and forecasting macroeconomic variables by
        linking higher-frequency indicator variables to a
        lower-frequency target series. The package standardizes input
        data, infers regular frequencies, forecasts missing indicator
        observations, and aggregates indicators to the target frequency
        before fitting a regression with autoregressive target
        dynamics. Frequency alignment can be customized through
        user-supplied conversion rules. For more on bridge and MIDAS
        models, see Baffigi, A., Golinelli, R., & Parigi, G. (2004)
        <doi:10.1016/S0169-2070(03)00067-0>, Ghysels, Sinko, & Valkanov
        (2007) <doi:10.1080/07474930600972467>, Andreou, Ghysels, &
        Kourtellos (2010) <doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2010.01.004>,
        Schumacher (2016) <doi:10.1016/j.ijforecast.2015.07.004>, and
        Burri (2026) <doi:10.1111/obes.70073>.
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE, roclets = c("rd", "namespace",
        "srr::srr_stats_roclet"))
RoxygenNote: 7.3.3
LazyData: true
Imports: dplyr, forecast, ggplot2, lifecycle, lubridate, rlang, scales,
        tsbox, withr
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, srr, testthat (>= 3.0.0)
Config/testthat/edition: 3
Depends: R (>= 4.1.0)
URL: https://github.com/marcburri/bridgr,
        https://marcburri.github.io/bridgr/
BugReports: https://github.com/marcburri/bridgr/issues
VignetteBuilder: knitr
Repository: https://ropensci-staging.r-universe.dev
Date/Publication: 2026-08-22 17:12:42 UTC
RemoteUrl: https://github.com/marcburri/bridgr
RemoteRef: HEAD
RemoteSha: f61121971cc4e6f6419fe3bd912df3759b4cfe42
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-09-21 10:02:23 UTC; root
Author: Marc Burri [aut, cre, cph] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8974-9090>)