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FRED Economic Data

Search and retrieve economic data series from the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) API. Fetch time series observations for thousands of economic indicators. Categories: economics, financial data, FRED, economic indicators.

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You can access the FRED Economic Data programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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FRED Economic Data OpenAPI definition

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You can download the OpenAPI definitions for FRED Economic Data from the options below:

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