FRED Macro Core — 36 US Rates, Inflation, Labour, Activity And Fed Series (Daily To Quarterly)
200,021 observations across 36 core US macro series from FRED: the Treasury curve (1-month to 30-year) and curve spreads, fed funds and SOFR, TIPS and breakeven inflation, high-yield and investment-grade OAS, the broad dollar index and major FX crosses, WTI and Henry Hub, CPI, core CPI and PCE, unemployment, payrolls, initial claims, industrial production, retail sales, housing starts, consumer sentiment, nominal and real GDP, M2, the Fed balance sheet, vehicle sales and real disposable income. Long format (series_id, date, value) with series name, frequency and unit on every row, full history to 2026-09-05.
Use Cases
- Macro overlays for equity and futures strategies
- Rates and curve analytics
- Regime detection on inflation and labour data
- Backtest context features
Methodology
One fredgraph.csv fetch per series; missing observations (".") dropped; long format.
Update Schedule
Static snapshot. Series update daily to quarterly at the source; refresh weekly.
Attribution
Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; underlying series from the U.S. Treasury, BLS, BEA, Federal Reserve Board, EIA, ICE BofA (via FRED) and the University of Michigan.
Schema
| name | type |
|---|---|
| series_id | string |
| series_name | string |
| frequency | string |
| unit | string |
| date | date |
| value | number |
Sample Data
| date | unit | value | frequency | series_id | series_name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-05 | percent | 1.22 | daily | BAMLC0A0CM | ICE BofA US Corporate Option-Adjusted Spread |
| 2023-09-06 | percent | 1.23 | daily | BAMLC0A0CM | ICE BofA US Corporate Option-Adjusted Spread |
| 2023-09-07 | percent | 1.23 | daily | BAMLC0A0CM | ICE BofA US Corporate Option-Adjusted Spread |
| 2023-09-08 | percent | 1.23 | daily | BAMLC0A0CM | ICE BofA US Corporate Option-Adjusted Spread |
| 2023-09-11 | percent | 1.23 | daily | BAMLC0A0CM | ICE BofA US Corporate Option-Adjusted Spread |
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# 1. Add dAgentBase once, in any MCP client. No install, no vendor keys.
# Claude.ai / Claude Desktop: Settings -> Connectors -> Add custom connector
# Cursor / Claude Code / others: mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"dagentbase": {
"url": "https://dagentbase.com/api/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer dm_live_YOUR_KEY" }
}
}
}
# 2. Then ask your agent, in plain language:
# "Preview 'FRED Macro Core — 36 US Rates, Inflation, Labour, Activity and Fed Series (Daily to Quarterly)' and, if it fits, claim it and download the files."
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