FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Free API from the St. Louis Fed for hundreds of thousands of US and global economic time series.
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) is listed in Finance & Markets.
Auth API key Pricing Free URL https://fred.stlouisfed.org Docs https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/
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120 req/min Rate limit Free; a registered API key is required. No hard published rate cap (fair use; ~120 requests/minute recommended).
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economic-data macro time-series government