FRED API - Federal Reserve Economic Data

API Integration

This actor connects to an external API service. You'll need valid API credentials from the service provider.

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API Integration

This actor connects to an external API service. You'll need valid API credentials from the service provider.

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Access 800,000+ economic time series from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Get GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, housing, and more. Essential for economic analysis and forecasting.

Features

• Get Series: Retrieve observations for any FRED series
• Search Series: Find series by keywords
• Get Category: Browse series by economic category
• Get Releases: Economic data releases calendar
• Get Release Dates: Upcoming release schedule
• Get Sources: Data source information
• Get Tags: Series tag metadata
• Get Related Tags: Discover related series
• Demo Mode: Test with sample data

Quick Start

{
  "query": "example search"
}

Demo Mode (Enabled by Default)

This actor uses a free public API and defaults to demoMode: true.

Since this actor wraps a free, publicly available API, demo mode is enabled by default. This allows you to:

• Test the actor without any configuration
• See real sample data from the actual API
• Verify the output format before integrating

To get customized results, simply provide your own input parameters.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
See input schema

Output Format

{
  "data": [...]
}

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event billing:

• Get Series: $0.01
• Search Series: $0.01
• Get Category: $0.01
• Get Releases: $0.01
• Release Dates: $0.01
• Get Sources: $0.01
• Get Tags: $0.01
• Related Tags: $0.01

Use Cases

• Economic forecasting models
• Market analysis dashboards
• Investment research
• Inflation monitoring
• Interest rate analysis
• Employment tracking
• Housing market research
• Sync to BI/analytics platforms

API Reference

See official API documentation for details.

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Common Problems & Solutions

"Invalid API key" error

Cause: Your API key is wrong, expired, or doesn't have the right permissions. Fix: Double-check your API key. Make sure you copied it exactly without extra spaces.

"Rate limit exceeded" error

Cause: You've hit the API's rate limits. Fix: Wait a few minutes, then try again. Consider reducing the number of concurrent requests.

Empty or incomplete results

Cause: The target may have anti-scraping protection or the data doesn't exist. Fix:

• Check if the URL/search query is correct
• Try with different parameters
• Some sites may block automated access

Demo data showing instead of real results

Cause: demoMode is still set to true. Fix: Set demoMode: false and provide your API key(s).

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