FRED API and Python

Connecting to the Federal Reserve Datasets

#Install the FRED API

pip install fredapi

#Import panda

import pandas as pd

#Import matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

#Import FRED

from fredapi import Fred

#Add your FRED Private Key

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fred=Fred(api_key=’abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz’)

#Load a Fred dataset (ex GDP)

data=fred.get_series(‘GDP’)

#To see the top 5 of the GDP dataset

data.head()

#To see the last 5 of the GDP dataset

data.tail()

#To get an observation for start and end

data = fred.get_series(‘GDP’, observation_start=’2019', observation_end = ‘2020’)