Federal Reserve Economic Data
FRED Add-In for Microsoft® Excel®
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Data (FRED) Add-In is free software that will significantly reduce the amount of time you spend collecting and organizing macroeconomic data.
The FRED Add-in provides free access to over 820,000 data series from various sources (e.g., BEA, BLS, Census, and OECD) directly through Microsoft Excel.
Key Features
- One-click instant download of economic time series.
- Instant refresh and update spreadsheets with newly released data.
- Quick and easy data frequency conversion and growth rate calculations.
FRED Data
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
New Features
- Simplified selection of data frequency (eg, monthly, MONTHLY, M, or m)
- Descriptors for frequency (eg, biweekly, ending Monday), aggregation method (eg, sum, average, end of period), and seasonal adjustment
- Improved data return speed
