Package index • fred

Data Access

Fetch time series observations from FRED

fred_series(): Fetch observations for one or more FRED series
fred_info(): Get metadata for a FRED series
fred_request(): Make a raw request to the FRED API

Vintage Data (ALFRED)

Real-time and vintage data via ALFRED

fred_as_of(): Fetch a series as it appeared on a given vintage date
fred_first_release(): Fetch the first-release ("real-time") version of a series
fred_all_vintages(): Fetch every vintage of a series
fred_real_time_panel(): Fetch a real-time panel of a series across selected vintages
fred_vintages(): Get vintage dates for a FRED series
fred_vintage_revisions(): Summarise revision behaviour for a FRED series

Discoverability

Find series and browse the FRED structure

fred_catalogue(): Browse a curated catalogue of popular FRED series
fred_browse(): Browse the FRED category tree
fred_search(): Search for FRED series
fred_recession_dates(): NBER US business-cycle reference dates
fred_fomc_dates(): FOMC scheduled meeting dates and decisions

Categories

Browse the FRED category tree

fred_category(): Get a FRED category
fred_category_children(): List child categories
fred_category_series(): List series in a category

Releases & Sources

Explore data releases and their sources

fred_releases(): List all FRED releases
fred_release_series(): List series in a release
fred_release_dates(): Get release dates
fred_sources(): List all FRED data sources
fred_source_releases(): List releases from a source

Tags

Search and explore FRED tags

fred_tags(): List or search FRED tags
fred_related_tags(): Find tags related to a given tag
fred_updates(): List recently updated FRED series

Workflow Utilities

Event windows, aggregation, interpolation

fred_event_window(): Extract data windows around event dates
fred_aggregate(): Aggregate FRED observations to a coarser frequency
fred_interpolate(): Fill missing values in a FRED series

Reproducibility

Citations and manifests for paper-ready workflows

fred_cite_series(): Generate a citation for a FRED series
fred_manifest(): Snapshot a session's FRED downloads as a YAML manifest

S3 Methods

Methods for fred_tbl and fred_manifest

print(<fred_tbl>): Print method for fred_tbl
summary(<fred_tbl>): Summary method for fred_tbl
plot(<fred_tbl>): Plot a fred_tbl
`[`(<fred_tbl>): Subset method for fred_tbl
print(<fred_manifest>): Print method for fred_manifest

Configuration

API key and cache management

fred_set_key(): Set the FRED API key
fred_get_key(): Get the current FRED API key
fred_cache_info(): Inspect the local fred cache
clear_cache(): Clear the fred cache

Package

fred fred-package: fred: Access 'Federal Reserve Economic Data'