Fit a Linear Regression for forecasting the time series as a linear function over time/years

lm_ts(timeseries, num_ahead = 5, level = 95)

Arguments

timeseries

the time series to forecast

num_ahead

the number of points at the end of the time series to forecast

level

Confidence level for prediction intervals.

Value

a data.frame of the mean forecasts, the observed values, and the lower and upper CI levels (if an error occurs, then just NA values)