By Mark 
Accessing U.S. Economic Data with the FRED API
It’s not always easy to find and view U.S. economic data in a format that’s simple and clear. I initially avoided using FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) because its website felt too official and complex. However, when I couldn’t find the specific data I was looking for elsewhere, I decided to give the FRED a try—and it turned out to be a powerful solution.
FRED, maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, offers thousands of economic time series covering GDP, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, and more. To make this vast dataset more accessible to developers and researchers, provides a free API. This allows users to programmatically search, retrieve, and analyze economic indicators in a flexible and automated way.
In this post, I’ll walk you through how to get your key and start using it to access the data you need.
Site : https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred
FRED API Sign in
Create New Account
I created it using my Google account.
API Key
Request API Key
Get API Key
With the FRED API, you can:
- Automatically download economic data like GDP, unemployment rates, inflation, and interest rates.
- Build charts or dashboards to track real-time economic trends.
- Integrate data into apps or websites for analysis or reporting.
- Compare historical trends across different economic indicators.
- Customize data queries to focus on specific time periods or regions.
In short, it gives you the power to access, analyze, and visualize U.S. economic data the way you want.