getFed: Download financial and economic time series data from the Fed

In JFE: Tools for Analyzing Time Series Data of Just Finance and Econometrics

Download financial and economic time series data from the Fed

Description

It downloads financial and economic time series data from the Fed.

Usage

getFed(var.name="UNRATE", freq="Monthly")

Arguments

var.name	The name of variable as used by <"https://fred.stlouisfed.org">. For example, "UNRATE" denotes unemployment rate, "CPIAUCSL" is monthly consumer price index, "GDP" is Gross domestic product, and "ICSA" is the initial claim seasonally adjusted. User please check with the web for symbol.
freq	The time series frequency, match Fed label, for example,"Monthly","Quarterly".

Details

This function connects with <"https://fred.stlouisfed.org"> and downloads the specified market data. The rownames of downloaded data is embedded by the timestamp already.

Value

Retrieved Fed time series data, but without any time series format.

Author(s)

Ho Tsung-wu <[e-mail]>, College of Management, National Taiwan Normal University.

Examples

#To save time, the example below is commented.
output=getFed(var.name="UNRATE", freq="Monthly")
head(output)

JFE documentation built on April 4, 2025, 5:19 a.m.