FRED API: Access 800,000+ Economic Datasets for Free (Inflation, GDP, Unemployment) (opens in new tab)

<p>I was arguing with a coworker about whether inflation was actually going down. Instead of googling random charts, I pulled real Federal Reserve data in 30 seconds.</p> <p>Here's how you can do the same.</p> <h2> What is FRED? </h2> <p>FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) is maintained by the St. Louis Fed. It has <strong>816,000+ time series</strong> covering:</p> <ul> <li>Inflation (CPI, PCE)</li> <li>GDP and economic growth</li> <li>Unemployment rates</li> <li>Interest rates<...