> The FRED® API is a web service that allows developers to write programs and build applications that retrieve economic data 
> from the [[https://fred.stlouisfed.org/ | FRED®]] and [[https://alfred.stlouisfed.org/ | ALFRED®]] websites 
> hosted by the [[https://research.stlouisfed.org/ | Economic Research Division]] of the [[http://stlouisfed.org/ | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis]].  
> Requests can be customized according to data source, release, category, series, and other preferences.