FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data): what its own pages say about the data
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Free public source.
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The record
- What it covers
- The site describes FRED as 'Tools and resources to find and use economic data worldwide'.fred.stlouisfed.orgread
- History depth
- Not stated on the pages openedDepth differs by series.
- Delivery
- 'The FRED® API is based on the REST web service architecture.' 'Our API accommodates any programming language that can parse XML or JSON and communicate with our servers using HTTPS.'fred.stlouisfed.orgread
- Free tier and its limits
- No charge and no request limit are stated on the pages opened. An API key is needed: 'you cannot request or view your API keys without first logging into your fredaccount'.fred.stlouisfed.orgread
- Pricing, as worded
- Not stated on the pages openedNo price is stated on the pages opened.
- Official Python library
- Not stated on the pages openedNo official Python library is named on the pages opened.
The licence position
What the pages opened say about passing the data on and about training a model on it. Where they say nothing, that is recorded as not stated: silence is neither permission nor prohibition.
- Redistribution terms
- It depends on who owns the series. 'Data series available through the FRED® API, may be owned by third parties and subject to copyright restrictions.' 'Before using data series owned by third parties for anything other than your own personal use, you must contact the data owner to obtain permission. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis cannot give you such permission'. 'Copyrighted series contain the word 'Copyright' in their notes.'fred.stlouisfed.orgread
- Training machine learning or AI models
- Not stated on the pages openedNot stated in the API terms of use, which contain no clause on machine learning, AI or model training. The clause on third party series above applies to any use beyond personal use. Silence is neither permission nor prohibition.fred.stlouisfed.orglooked for
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How to cite this
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data): what its own pages say about the data. Broker API Hub, https://openbrokerapi.com/data-sources/fred, newest check .
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