FRED Economic Data Access

Overview

Access comprehensive economic data through FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), a database maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis containing over 800,000 economic time series from over 100 sources.

Key capabilities:

• Query economic time series data (GDP, unemployment, inflation, interest rates)
• Search and discover series by keywords, tags, and categories
• Access historical data and vintage (revision) data via ALFRED
• Retrieve release schedules and data publication dates
• Map regional economic data with GeoFRED
• Apply data transformations (percent change, log, etc.)

API Key Setup

Required: All FRED API requests require an API key.