---
name: federal-reserve-rss-ingestion
description: "How to get Federal Reserve Board RSS feeds data into a pandas DataFrame and Parquet: access, the request, the format, limits, quirks and terms."
---

# Load Federal Reserve Board press-release RSS into pandas and Parquet

Source entry: https://signal-lab-jet.vercel.app/datasets/federal-reserve-rss
Provider: https://www.federalreserve.gov/feeds/feeds.htm
Checked against the provider's documentation: 2026-10-30

## Access
- No account or key. The RSS XML is a public file.

## Request
```bash
curl 'https://www.federalreserve.gov/feeds/press_all.xml'
```

## Format
RSS 2.0 XML. Each channel item includes title, link, category, description and an RFC 822 pubDate.

## Load into pandas and Parquet
Needs Python 3 with requests, pandas and pyarrow.
```python
"""Federal Reserve Board press-release RSS -> pandas -> Parquet. No key."""
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import requests
import pandas as pd

URL = "https://www.federalreserve.gov/feeds/press_all.xml"
r = requests.get(URL, timeout=30)
r.raise_for_status()
root = ET.fromstring(r.content)
rows = []
for item in root.findall("./channel/item"):
    rows.append({name: item.findtext(name) for name in ("title", "link", "category", "pubDate")})
df = pd.DataFrame(rows)
df["pubDate"] = pd.to_datetime(df["pubDate"], utc=True)
df.to_parquet("federal_reserve_press_all.parquet", index=False)
print(len(df), "items", df["pubDate"].min().isoformat(), "to", df["pubDate"].max().isoformat())
```
Run by us on 2026-10-30 (python 3.13.5 | pandas 3.1.0 | pyarrow 26.0.0 | requests 2.34.2). Result: 20 items 2026-09-16T18:00:00+00:00 to 2026-10-29T20:30:00+00:00

## Limits
- Rate limit: Not stated.
- Feed retention and item count are not stated; observed 2026-10-30: press_all.xml contained 20 items.

## Quirks
- pubDate includes a numeric offset; parse it with utc=True.
- The feed is a rolling current list, so persist items if history is needed.
- Use link as the stable source pointer and expect categories to vary by release.

## Terms and attribution
- Board information is public-domain material unless indicated otherwise; cite the Board as source.
- Marked non-Board photos, graphics or other material require permission from that source.
- Terms page: https://www.federalreserve.gov/disclaimer.htm

## Sources
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/feeds/feeds.htm: "RSS, or "Really Simple Syndication" is an XML-based format for distributing web content."
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/feeds/feeds.htm: "The reader automatically incorporates changes for RSS subscribers when content in the feed has been updated or changed."
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/disclaimer.htm: "Unless otherwise indicated, information on Board's website is in the public domain and may be copied and distributed without permission."
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/disclaimer.htm: "Please cite to the Board as the source of the information."

Information for educational purposes only. Free tiers, limits and licenses belong to the providers and may change; check the provider's own terms before using the data.