Analytics for the Internet of Things (IoT)

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)

In the United States, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis maintains a huge set of economic related time series data, mostly covering the U.S., but some are international. This collection is referred to as FRED. FRED is your friend, he knows a lot.

He knows the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers, by month. FRED knows the Civilian Unemployment Rate and Real Median Household Income. He knows the Estimate of People of All Ages in Poverty for United States and the number of internet users in the world.

There are over 470,000 U.S. and international time series from over 80 different sources in FRED. FRED has useful tools such as a Microsoft Excel Add-in and some mobile apps for your smartphone. FRED ...