FRED

FRED Releases API

Economic data releases — schedules, member series, sources, and tags per release.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 9

GET /releases FRED Get All Releases of Economic Data #
GET /releases/dates FRED Get Release Dates for All Releases of Economic Data #
GET /release FRED Get a Release of Economic Data #
GET /release/dates FRED Get the Release Dates for a Release of Economic Data #
GET /release/series FRED Get the Series on a Release of Economic Data #
GET /release/sources FRED Get the Sources for a Release of Economic Data #
GET /release/tags FRED Get the Tags for a Release #
GET /release/related_tags FRED Get the Related Tags for a Release #
GET /release/tables FRED Get Release Tables #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/
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Authentication
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html
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Documentation
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/geofred/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fred/refs/heads/main/openapi/fred-releases-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Overview
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/overview.html
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APIKey
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html
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TermsOfService
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/
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RealTimePeriods
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/realtime_period.html

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OpenAPI Specification

fred-releases-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: FRED Releases API
  version: '1.0'
  description: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) API — the public web service operated by the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St.
  contact:
    name: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis — Research Division
    url: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/
  license:
    name: U.S. Government Work / Public Domain (most series)
    url: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/
  termsOfService: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-last-validated: '2026-05-28'
servers:
- url: https://api.stlouisfed.org/fred
  description: Production FRED API
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:


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