FRED is a database of more than 39,000 economic time series

Time series

In statistics, signal processing, econometrics and mathematical finance, a time series is a sequence of data points, measured typically at successive times spaced at uniform time intervals. Examples of time series are the daily closing value of the Dow Jones index or the annual flow volume of the...

 managed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The data can be viewed in graphical and text form or downloaded for import to a database or spreadsheet. They cover banking, business/fiscal, consumer price index

Consumer price index

A consumer price index measures changes in the price level of consumer goods and services purchased by households. The CPI, in the United States is defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of...

es, employment and population, exchange rates, gross domestic product

Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living....

 (GDP), interest rate

Interest rate

An interest rate is the rate at which interest is paid by a borrower for the use of money that they borrow from a lender. For example, a small company borrows capital from a bank to buy new assets for their business, and in return the lender receives interest at a predetermined interest rate for...

s, monetary aggregates, producer price index

Producer price index

A Producer Price Index measures average changes in prices received by domestic producers for their output. It is one of several price indices.Its importance is being undermined by the steady decline in manufactured goods as a share of spending....

es (PPI), 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 collected from government agencies such as U.S. Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is a unit of the United States Department of Labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is a governmental statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and...

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The economic data published on FRED are widely reported in the media and play a key role in financial markets.

FRED economic indicators (partial list)

SERIES	CATEGORY	SUB-CATEGORY	INDICATOR	PERIOD
BOPBCA	Banking	Conditions	Number of US Banks	Q
USNUM	Banking	Conditions	Number of US Commercial Banks	Q
EQTA	Banking	Conditions	Equity/Asset Ratio	Q
TOTBKCR	Banking	Commercial Credit	Bank Credit of All Commercial Banks	W
TOTALSEC	Banking	Commercial Credit	Securitized Total Consumer Loans	M
TOTALSL	Banking	Commercial Credit	Total Consumer Credit Outstanding	M
INVEST	Banking	Investment	Total Investments All Commercial Banks	M
USGSEC	Banking	Investment	US Gov't Securities at All Com. Banks	M
CONSUMER	Banking	Loans	Total Consumer Loans	M
BUSLOANS	Banking	Loans	Total Commercial/Industrial Loans	M
DALLCACBEP	Banking	Delinquencies	Delinquencies On All Loans And Leases	M
GFDEBTN	Business/Fiscal	Federal Government	Federal Government Debt (Public) United States public debt The United States public debt is the money borrowed by the federal government of the United States at any one time through the issue of securities by the Treasury and other federal government agencies...	Y
FYOINT	Business/Fiscal	Federal Government	Interest on National Debt	Y
FYONET	Business/Fiscal	Federal Government	Federal Spending	Y
FYFR	Business/Fiscal	Federal Government	Federal Receipts	Y
FYFSD	Business/Fiscal	Federal Government	Budget Deficit/Surplus United States federal budget The Budget of the United States Government is the President's proposal to the U.S. Congress which recommends funding levels for the next fiscal year, beginning October 1. Congressional decisions are governed by rules and legislation regarding the federal budget process...	Y
CDSP	Business/Fiscal	Household Sector	Consumer Debt/Income Ratio	Q
PERMIT	Business/Fiscal	Household Sector	New Home Permits	M
HSN1F	Business/Fiscal	Household Sector	New Home Sales New Home Sales New Home Sales is an economic indicator which records sales of newly constructed residences in the United States of America.The United States Census Bureau publishes New Home Sales statistics monthly on their website...	M
MORTG	Business/Fiscal	Household Sector	30-Year Conventional Mortgage Rate	M
CMDEBT	Business/Fiscal	Household Sector	Outstanding Mortgage Debt	Q
DGORDER	Business/Fiscal	Ind. Production	Manufacturers' New Orders	M
TCU	Business/Fiscal	Ind. Production	Capacity Utilization: Total Industry	M
TTLCONS	Business/Fiscal	Construction	Total Construction Spending	M
BUSINV	Business/Fiscal	Other	Total Business Inventories	M
ALTSALES	Business/Fiscal	Other	Light Weight Vehicle Sales	M
UMCSENT	Business/Fiscal	Other	Univ of Michigan: Consumer Sentiment University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers is a consumer confidence index published monthly by the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters. The index is normalized to have a value of 100 in December 1964...	M
STLFSI	Business/Fiscal	Other	St. Louis Financial Stress Index	W
OILPRICE	Business/Fiscal	Other	Spot Oil Price - West Texas Intermediate	M
CPIAUCSL	Consumer Prices	CPI	Consumer Price Index Consumer price index A consumer price index measures changes in the price level of consumer goods and services purchased by households. The CPI, in the United States is defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of... : Seasonally Adj.	M
UNRATE	Empl & Population	Hoursehold Survey	Civilian Total Unemployment Rate	M
UEMP27OV	Empl & Population	Hoursehold Survey	Long Term Unemployment: >27 WKS	M
UEMPMED	Empl & Population	Hoursehold Survey	Length of Unemployment	M
CE16OV	Empl & Population	Hoursehold Survey	Total US Workforce	M
EMRATIO	Empl & Population	Hoursehold Survey	US Employment/Population Ratio	M
POP	Empl & Population	Population	US Population	M
AHEMAN	Empl & Population	Est. Survey	Avg Hourly Earnings: Manufacturing	M
AWHMAN	Empl & Population	Est. Survey	Avg Weekly Hours: Manufacturing	M
AWOTMAN	Empl & Population	Est. Survey	Avg Weekly OT Hours: Manufacturing	M
DEXUSUK	Exchange Rates Exchange rate In finance, an exchange rate between two currencies is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another. It is also regarded as the value of one country’s currency in terms of another currency...	Daily Rates	USD/GBP Currency Exchange Rate	D
DEXUSEU	Exchange Rates Exchange rate In finance, an exchange rate between two currencies is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another. It is also regarded as the value of one country’s currency in terms of another currency...	Daily Rates	USD/EUR Currency Exchange Rate	D
DEXJPUS	Exchange Rates Exchange rate In finance, an exchange rate between two currencies is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another. It is also regarded as the value of one country’s currency in terms of another currency...	Daily Rates	JPN/USD Currency Exchange Rate	D
DEXMXUS	Exchange Rates Exchange rate In finance, an exchange rate between two currencies is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another. It is also regarded as the value of one country’s currency in terms of another currency...	Daily Rates	MXP/USD Currency Exchange Rate	D
DEXCAUS	Exchange Rates Exchange rate In finance, an exchange rate between two currencies is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another. It is also regarded as the value of one country’s currency in terms of another currency...	Daily Rates	CAD/USD Currency Exchange Rate	D
DEXCHUS	Exchange Rates Exchange rate In finance, an exchange rate between two currencies is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another. It is also regarded as the value of one country’s currency in terms of another currency...	Daily Rates	CNY/USD Currency Exchange Rate	D
COMPOUT	Financial Data	Monetary	Commercial Paper Outstanding	W
VIXCLS	Financial Data	Volatility Inexes	CBOE Volatility Index	D
GDP	GDP & Components	GDP/GNP	US Gross Domestic Product	Q
GNP	GDP & Components	GDP/GNP	US Gross National Product GNP Gross National Product is the market value of all products and services produced in one year by labor and property supplied by the residents of a country...	Q
NETFI	GDP & Components	Imports & Exports	US Current Account Balance	Q
EXPGS	GDP & Components	Imports & Exports	US Exports Goods & Services	Q
IMPGS	GDP & Components	Imports & Exports	US Imports Goods & Services	Q
DGI	GDP & Components	Govt Accounting	Fed Govt: Defense Budget Military budget of the United States The military budget is that portion of the United States discretionary federal budget that is allocated to the Department of Defense, or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes to any defense-related expenditures...	Q
FGRECPT	GDP & Components	Govt Accounting	Fed Govt: Tax Receipts United States federal budget The Budget of the United States Government is the President's proposal to the U.S. Congress which recommends funding levels for the next fiscal year, beginning October 1. Congressional decisions are governed by rules and legislation regarding the federal budget process...	Q
TGDEF	GDP & Components	Govt Accounting	Fed Govt: Budget Deficit United States federal budget The Budget of the United States Government is the President's proposal to the U.S. Congress which recommends funding levels for the next fiscal year, beginning October 1. Congressional decisions are governed by rules and legislation regarding the federal budget process...	Q
CP	GDP & Components	Industry	Corporate Profits After Tax	Q
DIVIDEND	GDP & Components	Industry	Corporate Dividends	Q
PI	GDP & Components	Personal	Personal Income	M
PSAVE	GDP & Components	Savings & Inv.	Personal Savings	Q
PSAVERT	GDP & Components	Savings & Inv.	Personal Savings Rate	M
MORTG	Interest Rates	30yr Mortgage	30-yr Conventional Mortgage Rate	M
DPCREDIT	Interest Rates	FRB Rates	Discount Rate Discount rate The discount rate can mean*an interest rate a central bank charges depository institutions that borrow reserves from it, for example for the use of the Federal Reserve's discount window....	D
FEDFUNDS	Interest Rates	FRB Rates	Effective Federal Funds Rate Federal funds rate In the United States, the federal funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions actively trade balances held at the Federal Reserve, called federal funds, with each other, usually overnight, on an uncollateralized basis. Institutions with surplus balances in their accounts lend...	M
GRCPROINDMISMEI	International Data	Indicators	Production of Total Industry in Greece	M
GRCSARTMISMEI	International Data	Indicators	Total Retail Trade in Greece	M
GRCURHARMMDSMEI	International Data	Indicators	Unemployment Rate - Greece	M
M1	Monetary Aggregates	M1	M1 Money Supply	M
M2	Monetary Aggregates	M2	M2 Money Supply	M
MZM	Monetary Aggregates	MZM	MZM Money Supply	M
M1V	Monetary Aggregates	M1	Velocity of M1 Money Stock	M
M2V	Monetary Aggregates	M2	Velocity of M2 Money Stock	M
MZMV	Monetary Aggregates	MZM	Velocity of MZM Money Stock	M
MULT	Monetary Aggregates	M1	M1 Money Multiplier	M
PPIACO	Producer Prices	PPI	Producer Price Index: All Commodities U.S. Producer Price Index The official measure of producer prices in the US is called the Producer Price Index . It measures average changes in prices received by domestic producers for their output. The PPI was known as the Wholesale Price Index, or WPI, up to 1978...	M
IMPCH	Trade	Imports	Imports from China	M
IMPJP	Trade	Imports	Imports from Japan	M
IMPMX	Trade	Imports	Imports from Mexico	M
IMPCA	Trade	Imports	Imports from Canada	M
IMPGE	Trade	Imports	Imports from Germany	M
IMPUK	Trade	Imports	Imports from UK	M
EXPCH	Trade	Exports	Exports to China	M
EXPJP	Trade	Exports	Exports to Japan	M
EXPMX	Trade	Exports	Exports to Mexico	M
EXPCA	Trade	Exports	Exports to Canada	M
EXPGE	Trade	Exports	Exports to Germany	M
EXPUK	Trade	Exports	Exports to UK	M
BOPGEXP	Trade	Exports	Exports: Goods	M
BOPGIMP	Trade	Imports	Imports: Goods	M
BOPGTB	Trade	Balance	Balance: Goods	M
BOPGSXP	Trade	Exports	Exports: Services	M
BOPSIMP	Trade	Imports	Imports: Services	M
BOPSTB	Trade	Balance	Balance: Services	M
BOPGSTB	Trade	Balance	Balance: Goods & Services	M

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