get_fred_series: Accessing FRED

In alfred: Downloading Time Series from ALFRED Database for Various Vintages

Accessing FRED

Description

This function can pull time series from the FRED database: https://fred.stlouisfed.org.

Usage

get_fred_series(
  series_id,
  series_name = NULL,
  observation_start = NULL,
  observation_end = NULL,
  api_key = NULL
)

Arguments

series_id	FRED times series ID.
series_name	Choose a name for the series column in output. Default: series_id.
observation_start	Date of first observation in "yyyy-mm-dd" format. Default: Earliest observation available.
observation_end	Date of last observation in "yyyy-mm-dd" format. Default: Last observation available.
api_key	You can supply your own apikey obtained via https://fredaccount.stlouisfed.org/login/secure/) if you want to run a large batch of requests. Otherwise you might run into query limits of the API.

Examples

## Not run: 
    get_fred_series("INDPRO", "indpro")
    
## End(Not run)

alfred documentation built on April 1, 2023, 12:08 a.m.