Get the categories for a FRED series

Given a series ID, return information on the categories to which a series belongs as a tibble object.

fredr_series_categories(
  series_id,
  ...,
  realtime_start = NULL,
  realtime_end = NULL
)

Arguments

series_id

A string ID for the FRED series.

...

These dots only exist for future extensions and should be empty.

realtime_start

A Date indicating the start of the real-time period. Defaults to today's date. For more information, see Real-Time Periods.

realtime_end

A Date indicating the end of the real-time period. Defaults to today's date. For more information, see Real-Time Periods.

Value

A tibble object with information on the categories to which the series specified by series_id belongs. Data include category ID, name, parent category ID, and notes.

API Documentation

fred/series/categories

See also

fredr_series_observations(), fredr_series_search_text(), fredr_series_search_id(), fredr_series_search_tags(), fredr_series_search_related_tags(), fredr_series(), fredr_series_release(), fredr_series_tags(), fredr_series_updates(), fredr_series_vintagedates().

Examples

if (fredr_has_key()) {
# Return the categories to which the "UNRATE" series belongs
fredr_series_categories(series_id = "UNRATE")
}
#> # A tibble: 1 × 4
#>      id name              parent_id notes                                       
#>   <int> <chr>                 <int> <chr>                                       
#> 1 32447 Unemployment Rate        12 The ratio of unemployed to the civilian lab…