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Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · Series update on their producing agencies' release schedules (BLS/BEA/Census mornings, Board of Governors afternoons); values served are the current vintage (latest revision).

331 datasets 26,017 stored 1919-01-01 to 2026-09-01 coverage

License: public-domain · official terms. Attribution text and per-series license flags ride in every API envelope.

Source API docs

Quickstart

Latest observations, with provenance and citation on every value:

curl "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/sources/fred/series/GDPC1/observations?latest=12"

A computed, cited answer from this source:

curl -X POST "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/answer" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer dlk_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"question": "What is the latest Real Gross Domestic Product?", "source": "fred"}'

Data reads need no key; answers do. Keys are free at /account; a keyless sample lives at GET /api/starwell/v1/answer/demo.

As MCP tools in Claude, Cursor, or any agent framework:

claude mcp add --transport http starwell https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/mcp

Data series

SeriesIndicatorGeographyUnitFreqCoverage
GDPC1 Real Gross Domestic Product United States Billions of Chained 2017 Dollars quarterly 1947-01-01 .. 2026-04-01
M2SL M2 United States Billions of Dollars monthly 1959-01-01 .. 2026-07-01
FEDFUNDS Federal Funds Effective Rate United States Percent monthly 1954-07-01 .. 2026-08-01
DGS10 Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity, Quoted on an Investment Basis United States Percent daily 1962-01-02 .. 2026-09-01
INDPRO Industrial Production: Total Index United States Index 2017=100 monthly 1919-01-01 .. 2026-07-01
UNRATE Unemployment Rate United States Percent monthly 1948-01-01 .. 2026-07-01
CPIAUCSL Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average United States Index 1982-1984=100 monthly 1947-01-01 .. 2026-07-01
CPILFESL Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food and Energy in U.S. City Average United States Index 1982-1984=100 monthly 1957-01-01 .. 2026-07-01
PAYEMS All Employees, Total Nonfarm United States Thousands of Persons monthly 1939-01-01 .. 2026-07-01
GDP Gross Domestic Product United States Billions of Dollars quarterly 1946-01-01 .. 2026-04-01
HOUST New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units United States Thousands of Units monthly 1959-01-01 .. 2026-07-01
CIVPART Labor Force Participation Rate United States Percent monthly 1948-01-01 .. 2026-07-01