Federal Reserve Economic Data

{{Short description|Online database maintained by St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank}}

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) is a database maintained by the Research division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis that has more than 816,000 economic time series from various sources.{{cite web |access-date=January 14, 2022 |title=What is FRED? {{!}} Getting To Know FRED |url=https://fredhelp.stlouisfed.org/fred/about/about-fred/what-is-fred/ |website=Federal Reserve Economic Data}} They cover banking, business/fiscal, consumer price indexes, employment and population, exchange rates, gross domestic product, interest rates, monetary aggregates, producer price indexes, reserves and monetary base, U.S. trade and international transactions, and U.S. financial data. The time series are compiled by the Federal Reserve and many are collected from government agencies such as the U.S. Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Everybody Loves FRED: How America Fell for a Data Tool |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/business/economy/fred-economic-data-fandom.html |website=New York Times}}

Services

ALRED (Archival Reserve Economic Data) lets users retrieve vintage versions of economic data that were available on specific dates in history. The ALRED website states that “In general, economic data for past observation periods are revised as more accurate estimates become available. As a result, previous vintages of data can be superseded and may no longer be available from various data sources." It also says that "Vintage or real-time economic data allows academics to reproduce others’ research, build more accurate forecasting models and analyze economic policy decisions using the data available at the time.”

GeoFRED is a data-mapping tool that displays FRED data series in color-coded form on the state, metropolitan statistical areas and county levels.

CASSIDI is a data service that provides nationwide data on banking market structures and definitions, as well as banking markets for individual depository institutions.

FRASER (The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research) is a digital archive begun in 2004 to safeguard, preserve and provide easy access to the United States’ economic history—particularly the history of the Federal Reserve System—through digitization of documents related to the U.S. financial system. Digitized documents include:

Publications of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Publications of each of the Federal Reserve banks
Statements, speeches and archival materials of Federal Reserve policymakers
Government data publications
Statistical releases
Congressional hearings
Books
Reports by various organizations

To create and maintain FRASER, the St. Louis Fed collaborated with the United States Government Printing Office, Federal Depository Library Program libraries and several university and public libraries.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114001735/http://www.fdlp.gov/component/content/article/45-partnerships/190-fraser-banking-economic Federal Depository Library Program] partnerships. Accessed March 14, 2013.[https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/about/ FRASER information and collaboration]. Accessed March 13, 2013.

St. Louis Fed Research also hosts IDEAS,[http://ideas.repec.org/ IDEAS]. Accessed March 21, 2025. a bibliographic database drawn from Research Papers in Economics (RePEc),{{cite web|url=http://repec.org/ |title=RePEc |publisher=RePEc |date= |accessdate=December 11, 2013}} which consists of economic research from more than one million academic articles and papers. As of March 2025, the IDEAS site states it has more 4,900,000 items of research that can be browsed or searched, and more than 4,500,000 that can be downloaded in full text.

Usage

The economic data published on FRED are widely reported in the media and play a key role in financial markets. In a 2012 Business Insider article titled "The Most Amazing Economics Website in the World", Joe Weisenthal quoted Paul Krugman as saying: "I think just about everyone doing short-order research — trying to make sense of economic issues in more or less real time — has become a FRED fanatic."[http://www.businessinsider.com/fred-2012-3 "The Most Amazing Economics Website in the World"], Joe Weisenthal, Business Insider, March 23, 2012.

FRED economic indicators (partial list)

SERIES	CATEGORY	SUB-CATEGORY	INDICATOR
class="wikitable sortable"
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TREAST TREAST]	Finance	Monetary Data	US Treasuries Held by the Fed \| style="text-align:center;"\| W
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WSHOMCB WSHOMCB]	Finance	Monetary Data	Mortgage Backed Sec Held by the Fed \| style="text-align:center;"\| W
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL WALCL]	Banking	Monetary Factors	All Fed Reserve Banks - Total Assets \| style="text-align:center;"\| W
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TLAACBW027SBOG TLAAC]	Banking	Monetary Factors	All Commercial Banks - Total Assets \| style="text-align:center;"\| W
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FREQ?cid=93 BOPBCA] (discontinued)	Banking	Conditions	Number of US Banks \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USNUM?cid=93 USNUM] (discontinued)	Banking	Conditions	Number of US Commercial Banks \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EQTA EQTA] (discontinued)	Banking	Conditions	Equity/Asset Ratio \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TOTBKCR TOTBKCR]	Banking	Commercial Credit	Bank Credit of All Commercial Banks \| style="text-align:center;"\| W
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TOTALSEC TOTALSEC]	Banking	Commercial Credit	Securitized Total Consumer Loans \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/TOTALSL?cid=101 TOTALSL]	Banking	Commercial Credit	Total Consumer Credit Outstanding \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/INVEST?cid=99 INVEST]	Banking	Investment	Total Investments All Commercial Banks \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USGSEC?cid=99 USGSEC]	Banking	Investment	US Treasury and Agency Securities at All Commercial Banks \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CONSUMER CONSUMER]	Banking	Loans	Total Consumer Loans \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BUSLOANS?cid=100 BUSLOANS]	Banking	Loans	Total Commercial/Industrial Loans \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DALLCACBEP?cid=100 DALLCACBEP]	Banking	Delinquencies	Delinquencies On All Loans And Leases \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/T10Y2Y T10Y2Y]	Banking	Interest Rates	US 10-YR / 2-YR Spread \| style="text-align:center;"\| W
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TB3MS TB3MS]	Banking	Interest Rates	3-Month T-Bill: Secondary Market Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| W
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DGS10 DGS10]	Banking	Interest Rates	10-Yr Treasury Const. Maturity Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| W
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/GFDEBTN?cid=5 GFDEBTN]	Business/Fiscal	Federal Government	Federal Government Debt (Public) \| style="text-align:center;"\| Y
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/FYOINT?cid=5 FYOINT]	Business/Fiscal	Federal Government	Interest on National Debt \| style="text-align:center;"\| Y
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/FYONET?cid=5 FYONET]	Business/Fiscal	Federal Government	Federal Spending \| style="text-align:center;"\| Y
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/FYFR?cid=5 FYFR]	Business/Fiscal	Federal Government	Federal Receipts \| style="text-align:center;"\| Y
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/FYFSD?cid=5 FYFSD]	Business/Fiscal	Federal Government	Budget Deficit/Surplus \| style="text-align:center;"\| Y
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CDSP?cid=97 CDSP]	Business/Fiscal	Household Sector	Consumer Debt/Income Ratio \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/PERMIT?cid=97 PERMIT]	Business/Fiscal	Household Sector	New Home Permits \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/HSN1F?cid=97 HSN1F]	Business/Fiscal	Household Sector	New Home Sales \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CMDEBT?cid=97 CMDEBT]	Business/Fiscal	Household Sector	Outstanding Mortgage Debt \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DGORDER?cid=97 DGORDER]	Business/Fiscal	Ind. Production	Manufacturers' New Orders \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/TCU?cid=3 TCU]	Business/Fiscal	Ind. Production	Capacity Utilization: Total Industry \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/TTLCONS?cid=3 TTLCONS]	Business/Fiscal	Construction	Total Construction Spending \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BUSINV?cid=98 BUSINV]	Business/Fiscal	Other	Total Business Inventories \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/ALTSALES?cid=98 ALTSALES]	Business/Fiscal	Other	Light Weight Vehicle Sales \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UMCSENT?cid=98 UMCSENT]	Business/Fiscal	Other	Univ of Michigan: Consumer Sentiment \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/STLFSI?cid=9 STLFSI]	Business/Fiscal	Other	St. Louis Financial Stress Index \| style="text-align:center;"\| W
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WCOILWTICO OILPRICE]	Business/Fiscal	Other	Spot Oil Price - West Texas Intermediate \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CPIAUCSL?cid=9 CPIAUCSL]	Consumer Prices	CPI	Consumer Price Index: Seasonally Adj. \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UNRATE UNRATE]	Empl & Population	Household Survey	Civilian Total Unemployment Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UEMP27OV?cid=12 UEMP27OV]	Empl & Population	Household Survey	Long Term Unemployment: >27 WKS \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UEMPMED?cid=12 UEMPMED]	Empl & Population	Household Survey	Length of Unemployment \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CE16OV?cid=12 CE16OV]	Empl & Population	Household Survey	Total US Workforce \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/EMRATIO?cid=12 EMRATIO]	Empl & Population	Household Survey	US Employment/Population Ratio \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/POP?cid=104 POP]	Empl & Population	Population	US Population \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/AHEMAN?cid=11 AHEMAN]	Empl & Population	Est. Survey	Avg Hourly Earnings: Manufacturing \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/AWHMAN?cid=11 AWHMAN]	Empl & Population	Est. Survey	Avg Weekly Hours: Manufacturing \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/AWOTMAN?cid=11 AWOTMAN]	Empl & Population	Est. Survey	Avg Weekly OT Hours: Manufacturing \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DEXUSUK?cid=94 DEXUSUK]	Exchange Rates	Daily Rates	USD/GBP Currency Exchange Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| D
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DEXUSEU?cid=94 DEXUSEU]	Exchange Rates	Daily Rates	USD/EUR Currency Exchange Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| D
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DEXJPUS?cid=94 DEXJPUS]	Exchange Rates	Daily Rates	JPN/USD Currency Exchange Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| D
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DEXMXUS?cid=94 DEXMXUS]	Exchange Rates	Daily Rates	MXP/USD Currency Exchange Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| D
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DEXCAUS?cid=94 DEXCAUS]	Exchange Rates	Daily Rates	CAD/USD Currency Exchange Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| D
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DEXCHUS?cid=94 DEXCHUS]	Exchange Rates	Daily Rates	CNY/USD Currency Exchange Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| D
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/COMPOUT?cid=94 COMPOUT]	Financial Data	Monetary	Commercial Paper Outstanding \| style="text-align:center;"\| W
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/VIXCLS?cid=94 VIXCLS]	Financial Data	Volatility Inexes	CBOE Volatility Index \| style="text-align:center;"\| D
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/GDP?cid=106 GDP]	GDP & Components	GDP/GNP	US Gross Domestic Product \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/GNP?cid=106 GNP]	GDP & Components	GDP/GNP	US Gross National Product \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
[https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDI GDI] \|GDP & Components \|GDP/GNP \|US Gross Domestic Income \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/NETFI?cid=108 NETFI]	GDP & Components	Imports & Exports	US Current Account Balance \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/EXPGS?cid=108 EXPGS]	GDP & Components	Imports & Exports	US Exports Goods & Services \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/IMPGS?cid=108 IMPGS]	GDP & Components	Imports & Exports	US Imports Goods & Services \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DGI?cid=107 DGI]	GDP & Components	Govt Accounting	Fed Govt: Defense Budget \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/FGRECPT?cid=107 FGRECPT]	GDP & Components	Govt Accounting	Fed Govt: Tax Receipts \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/TGDEF?cid=107 TGDEF]	GDP & Components	Govt Accounting	Fed Govt: Budget Deficit \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CP?cid=109 CP]	GDP & Components	Industry	Corporate Profits After Tax \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DIVIDEND?cid=109 DIVIDEND]	GDP & Components	Industry	Corporate Dividends \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/PI?cid=110 PI]	GDP & Components	Personal	Personal Income \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/PSAVE?cid=112 PSAVE]	GDP & Components	Savings & Inv.	Personal Savings \| style="text-align:center;"\| Q
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/PSAVERT?cid=112 PSAVERT]	GDP & Components	Savings & Inv.	Personal Savings Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US MORTGAGE30US]	Interest Rates	30yr Mortgage	30-yr Conventional Mortgage Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| W
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DPCREDIT DPCREDIT]	Interest Rates	FRB Rates	Discount Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| D
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/FEDFUNDS?cid=118 FEDFUNDS]	Interest Rates	FRB Rates	Effective Federal Funds Rate \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M1SL M1]	Monetary Aggregates	M1	M1 Money Supply \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL M2]	Monetary Aggregates	M2	M2 Money Supply \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/MZM?cid=30 MZM] (discontinued)	Monetary Aggregates	MZM	MZM Money Supply \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M1V?cid=25 M1V]	Monetary Aggregates	M1	Velocity of M1 Money Stock \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M2V?cid=29 M2V]	Monetary Aggregates	M2	Velocity of M2 Money Stock \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/MZMV?cid=30 MZMV] (discontinued)	Monetary Aggregates	MZM	Velocity of MZM Money Stock \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MULT MULT] (discontinued)	Monetary Aggregates	M1	M1 Money Multiplier \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/PPIACO?cid=31 PPIACO]	Producer Prices	PPI	Producer Price Index: All Commodities \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/IMPCH IMPCH]	Trade	Imports	Imports from China \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/IMPJP IMPJP]	Trade	Imports	Imports from Japan \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/IMPMX IMPMX]	Trade	Imports	Imports from Mexico \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/IMPCA IMPCA]	Trade	Imports	Imports from Canada \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/IMPGE IMPGE]	Trade	Imports	Imports from Germany \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/IMPUK IMPUK]	Trade	Imports	Imports from UK \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/EXPCH EXPCH]	Trade	Exports	Exports to China \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/EXPJP EXPJP]	Trade	Exports	Exports to Japan \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/EXPMX EXPMX]	Trade	Exports	Exports to Mexico \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/EXPCA EXPCA]	Trade	Exports	Exports to Canada \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/EXPGE EXPGE]	Trade	Exports	Exports to Germany \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/EXPUK EXPUK]	Trade	Exports	Exports to UK \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BOPGEXP BOPGEXP]	Trade	Exports	Exports: Goods \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BOPGIMP BOPGIMP]	Trade	Imports	Imports: Goods \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BOPGTB BOPGTB]	Trade	Balance	Balance: Goods \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BOPSEXP BOPGSXP]	Trade	Exports	Exports: Services \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BOPSIMP BOPSIMP]	Trade	Imports	Imports: Services \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BOPSTB BOPSTB]	Trade	Balance	Balance: Services \| style="text-align:center;"\| M
\| [http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BOPGSTB BOPGSTB]	Trade	Balance	Balance: Goods & Services \| style="text-align:center;"\| M

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{cite web|url=http://alfred.stlouisfed.org/ |title=ArchivaL Federal Reserve Economic Data - ALFRED - St. Louis Fed |publisher=Alfred.stlouisfed.org |date= |accessdate=December 11, 2013}}

{{cite web|url=http://geofred.stlouisfed.org/ |title=GeoFRED: Geographic Federal Reserve Economic Data |publisher=Geofred.stlouisfed.org |date= |accessdate=December 11, 2013}}

{{cite web|url=http://cassidi.stlouisfed.org/ |title=Welcome to Cassidi |publisher=Cassidi.stlouisfed.org |date= |accessdate=December 11, 2013}}

{{cite web|url=https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ |title=Economic Data Publications, Historical Federal Reserve Archive, FRASER |publisher=Fraser.stlouisfed.org |date= |accessdate=December 11, 2013}}

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External links

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