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fred_search

Search for FRED series or economic releases by ID or string.

This does not return the observation values, only the metadata. Use this function to find series IDs for fred_series().

Parameters

query: str | None
The search word(s).


Returns

results: FredSearch

Serializable results.

provider: Optional[Literal['fred']]

Provider name.

warnings: Optional[list[Warning_]]

list of warnings.

chart: Optional[Chart]

Chart object.

extra: dict[str, Any]

Extra info.


Data

release_id: str | None
The release ID for queries.

series_id: str | None
The series ID for the item in the release.

series_group: str | None
The series group ID of the series. This value is used to query for regional data.

region_type: str | None
The region type of the series.

name: str | None
The name of the release.

title: str | None
The title of the series.

observation_start: date | None
The date of the first observation in the series.

observation_end: date | None
The date of the last observation in the series.

frequency: str | None
The frequency of the data.

frequency_short: str | None
Short form of the data frequency.

units: str | None
The units of the data.

units_short: str | None
Short form of the data units.

seasonal_adjustment: str | None
The seasonal adjustment of the data.

seasonal_adjustment_short: str | None
Short form of the data seasonal adjustment.

last_updated: datetime | None
The datetime of the last update to the data.

popularity: int | None
Popularity of the series

group_popularity: int | None
Group popularity of the release

realtime_start: date | None
The realtime start date of the series.

realtime_end: date | None
The realtime end date of the series.

notes: str | None
Description of the release.

press_release: bool | None
If the release is a press release.

url: str | None
URL to the release.