Get the release for a FRED series

Given a series ID, return information on a series as a tibble object.

fredr_series_release(
  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 release for the series specified by the series_id parameter. Data include release ID, real-time periods, release name, and links to press releases, if available.

API Documentation

fred/series/release

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_categories(), fredr_series_tags(), fredr_series_updates(), fredr_series_vintagedates().

Examples

if (fredr_has_key()) {
# Get release information for the "UNRATE" series
fredr_series_release(series_id = "UNRATE")
}
#> # A tibble: 1 × 6
#>      id realtime_start realtime_end name                 press_release link     
#>   <int> <chr>          <chr>        <chr>                <lgl>         <chr>    
#> 1    50 2023-04-16     2023-04-16   Employment Situation TRUE          http://w…