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 800,000 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

Quick and easy data frequency conversions and growth rate calculations

Instant refresh and update of spreadsheets with newly released data

NEW: Improved data return speed

NEW: Descriptors for frequency (eg, biweekly, ending Monday), aggregation method (eg, sum, average, end of period), and seasonal adjustment

NEW: Simplified selection of data frequency (eg, monthly, MONTHLY, M, or m)

FRED Data

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