SASEMOOD Interface Engine

The SASEMOOD interface engine enables SAS users to retrieve time series data from the Moody’s Analytics Data Buffet (Economy.com) website. This website offers access to over 600 sources of global historical statistical data at the regional, national, and subnational level, in addition to 40 forecast database offerings. Over 220 million time series are updated promptly after release, on topics such as housing, labor, demographics, finance, industry, housing prices, and consumer credit performance forecasts. Time series are offered in yearly, semiannual, quarterly, monthly, semimonthly, biweekly, weekly, workday (business), daily, and indexed frequencies.

The SASEMOOD interface engine uses the LIBNAME statement to enable you to download Moody’s online economic data by using the Data Buffet API described at the following URL:

https://www.economy.com/products/tools/api

It also enables you to specify which time series you want to retrieve, by using the mnemonic code that corresponds to the data set that you select. You choose the time range of the retrieved data by specifying a start date and an end date. You can then use the SAS DATA step to perform further subsetting, retrieve the data, and store the resulting time series in a SAS data set and in a CAS table (if desired).

You can view the catalog of available Moody’s databases on the web page at the following URL:

https://www.economy.com/databuffet/

The SASEMOOD interface engine supports Linux X64 (LAX) and Windows.

Although the SASEMOOD engine uses Moody’s Analytics Data Buffet online API , it is not endorsed or certified by Moody’s Analytics. By using the SASEMOOD interface engine, you are agreeing to comply with the terms of use, which are described on the web page at the following URL:

https://www.economy.com/about/terms-of-use

For more information see the Moody’s Analytics (2019) Data Buffet API User Guide.

To get started using the SASEMOOD engine, follow the steps in the section Getting Started: SASEMOOD Interface Engine, which enable you to view the GDP$ (Gross Domestic Product in the National Income and Product Accounts) database to retrieve the GDP$ time series. The sample SAS code for accessing the Moody’s GDP$ time series appears at the end of the section.