FRED · Example Payload

Api Observation List Example

FinanceGovernmentEconomic DataFederal ReserveTime SeriesOpen DataPublic APIs

Api Observation List Example is an example object payload from FRED, with 13 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

realtime_startrealtime_endobservation_startobservation_endunitsoutput_typefile_typeorder_bysort_ordercountoffsetlimitobservations

Example Payload

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{
  "realtime_start": "2026-05-28",
  "realtime_end": "2026-05-28",
  "observation_start": "2026-05-28",
  "observation_end": "2026-05-28",
  "units": "Percent",
  "output_type": 1,
  "file_type": "example",
  "order_by": "example",
  "sort_order": "example",
  "count": 1,
  "offset": 0,
  "limit": 1000,
  "observations": [
    null,
    null
  ]
}