This document introduces the FRED® (Federal Reserve Economic Data) database. FRED® database contains over 60,000 economic time series. FRED® website users can view data, create charts and download data. FRED® add-in provides data users with an additional means of accessing the FRED® database. Users can download any FRED® data series directly into an Excel worksheet in seconds. In addition to downloading data, FRED® add-in also allows users to choose a data manipulation (i.e., growth rate), specify a date range (i.e., 1960:Q1 to 2023:Q4), and create charts using FRED® data.
