It is possible for higher-frequency periods to overlap lower-frequency periods. For example, a week can start in one month and end in the next month. In these cases, FRED frequency aggregation will include the higher-frequency value in only one of … Continue reading
Except for the first and last observations, the average, sum, and end-of-period aggregation methods ignore any other missing values. For example, consider a daily series from 2003-06-01 to 2003-07-31 with a missing value for Friday 2000-07-04, the US Independence Day … Continue reading
Higher-frequency data may not be available for an entire lower-frequency period. For example, a monthly data series may end in February. With only 2 of the 12 months of the year available, the converted annual value will be missing for … Continue reading
Frequency aggregation converts higher-frequency data series into lower-frequency data series (e.g., from monthly data to annual data). In FRED, the highest data frequency is daily and the lowest data is annual. There are three aggregation methods available: Average: This method … Continue reading
FRED publishes data from various sources. There are multiple ways how to navigate to the originating source’s website. Option 1: Below a graph, go to the “NOTES” section. Next to “Source” (on the first line), click the source name (see … Continue reading
FRED publishes data from various sources. We provide multiple ways on how to navigate to the dataset on the source’s website. Option 1: Below a graph, go to the “NOTES” section. Next to “Release” (on the right-hand side of the … Continue reading
All dates are represented as daily dates for consistency and ease of use. FRED uses a single date format widely supported by various spreadsheet applications (Excel, Lotus, etc.) and statistical software packages (SAS, Eviews, Stata, RATS, etc.). Because annual, quarterly, and … Continue reading
Above the graph, click the “Edit Graph” button. In the pop-up box that appears, click the “EDIT LINE” tab. (If you have more than one line on the graph, click the “EDIT LINE” drop-down menu and select the line [series] you … Continue reading
Publishing a data list is an easy way to share data with others. When you choose to share a data list, the series in that list will be published to a public web page. This shared list will have its own … Continue reading
Frequency aggregation converts higher-frequency data series into lower-frequency data series (e.g., from monthly data to annual data). In FRED, the highest data frequency is daily and the lowest is annual. To access this feature, above the graph, click the “EDIT GRAPH” … Continue reading