# FRED API

> 2 public methods for FRED (stlouisfed.org), each 1 credit per completed run.

Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by FRED.

- Page: https://fous.com/methods/stlouisfed.org

## Methods

### [Get economic indicator](https://fous.com/methods/fred.stlouisfed.org/get-economic-indicator.md)

`fred.stlouisfed.org/get_economic_indicator`, read. Gets a public FRED economic series by plain name or series ID, with its observations, latest value and source details.

Returns: indicator title, units, frequency, seasonal adjustment, source agency, latest value and date, observations

### [Search economic series](https://fous.com/methods/fred.stlouisfed.org/search-indicators.md)

`fred.stlouisfed.org/search_indicators`, read. Searches FRED economic series by topic, ordered by popularity, and returns each series' coverage dates, units, frequency and last update. FRED does not publish a popularity score on these pages, so it is null.

Returns: title, frequency, units, seasonal adjustment, date range, last updated date, FRED link, series ID