FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

REST API from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis covering economic indicators and financial time series.

The Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) database provides free access (free API key required) to over 825,000 economic time series from over 100 sources. Updated daily with macro indicators, employment data, inflation metrics, and more.

⚠️ REQUIRED NOTICE: This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Note: Some series are owned by third parties and copyrighted (their notes include the word 'Copyright'). FRED's API terms say you must get the owner's permission before using those series for anything other than your own personal use.

Coverage

800,000+ US and international series including GDP, inflation, employment, interest rates; updated daily

Good for

• Building macro feature sets for forecasting models
• Economic research and policy analysis
• Comparing cross-country economic indicators

Verdict

Modeling equity risk premia by regressing stock returns against unemployment rate, inflation, and Fed funds rate. Note: some series are owned by third parties and copyrighted; FRED's API terms require the owner's permission before you use them for anything other than your own personal use.