What Is FRED?
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FRED is the St. Louis Fed data platform and one of the most widely used sources for high-frequency U.S. macro and market data.
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In Short
FRED is a one-stop data platform for U.S. rates, jobs, prices, markets, and business-cycle indicators. MacroChart uses it heavily across U.S. macro pages and recession work.
Why It Matters
Its main strength is timeliness: many series are daily or weekly, which makes it ideal for tracking live shifts in markets and the economy.
How To Read It
FRED is a distribution platform, so the original source may be another institution. If methodology matters, it is worth checking the underlying producer too.