fred/releases/dates

Description
Example
- Request
- Response
Parameters
- api_key
- realtime_start
- realtime_end
- limit
- offset
- order_by
- sort_order

Description

Get release dates for all releases of economic data.

Note that release dates are only returned for releases on the ALFRED website. No release dates are available if a release only has series available on the FRED website and not the ALFRED website. Internally, updates to FRED only series do not store release dates.

Example

Request (HTTP GET)

http://api.stlouisfed.org/fred/releases/dates?api_key=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456

Note that API key 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456' is for demonstration purposes only. Use a registered API key instead.

Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<release_dates realtime_start="2008-01-01" realtime_end="9999-12-31" order_by="release_date" sort_order="desc" count="361" offset="0" limit="1000">
  <release_date release_id="71" release_name="Weekly Treasury Inflation-Indexed Securities">2008-04-28</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="122" release_name="H.4.1 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances (Unpublished Data)">2008-04-25</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="22" release_name="H.8 Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the United States">2008-04-25</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="63" release_name="M2 Related Series">2008-04-25</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="61" release_name="Money Zero Maturity (MZM)">2008-04-25</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="78" release_name="St. Louis Monthly Reserves and Monetary Base">2008-04-25</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="105" release_name="St. Louis Weekly Reserves and Monetary Base">2008-04-25</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="19" release_name="H.3 Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base">2008-04-24</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="20" release_name="H.4.1 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances">2008-04-24</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="21" release_name="H.6 Money Stock Measures">2008-04-24</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="148" release_name="Housing Units Authorized By Building Permits">2008-04-24</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="95" release_name="Manufacturer's Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey">2008-04-24</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="139" release_name="Metropolitan Area Per Capita Personal Income">2008-04-24</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="27" release_name="New Residential Construction">2008-04-24</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="97" release_name="New Residential Sales">2008-04-24</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="100" release_name="Seasonal Credit Rate">2008-04-24</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="79" release_name="St. Louis Bi-Weekly Reserves and Monetary Base">2008-04-24</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="18" release_name="H.15 Selected Interest Rates">2008-04-21</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="71" release_name="Weekly Treasury Inflation-Indexed Securities">2008-04-21</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="138" release_name="BEA Regions Employment and Unemployment">2008-04-18</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="122" release_name="H.4.1 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances (Unpublished Data)">2008-04-18</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="22" release_name="H.8 Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the United States">2008-04-18</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="63" release_name="M2 Related Series">2008-04-18</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="61" release_name="Money Zero Maturity (MZM)">2008-04-18</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="112" release_name="Regional and State Employment and Unemployment">2008-04-18</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="78" release_name="St. Louis Monthly Reserves and Monetary Base">2008-04-18</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="105" release_name="St. Louis Weekly Reserves and Monetary Base">2008-04-18</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="116" release_name="Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas)">2008-04-18</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="19" release_name="H.3 Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base">2008-04-17</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="20" release_name="H.4.1 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances">2008-04-17</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="21" release_name="H.6 Money Stock Measures">2008-04-17</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="79" release_name="St. Louis Bi-Weekly Reserves and Monetary Base">2008-04-17</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="10" release_name="Consumer Price Index">2008-04-16</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="13" release_name="G.17 Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization">2008-04-16</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="27" release_name="New Residential Construction">2008-04-16</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="92" release_name="Selected Real Retail Sales Series">2008-04-16</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="46" release_name="Producer Price Index">2008-04-15</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="9" release_name="Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services">2008-04-14</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="18" release_name="H.15 Selected Interest Rates">2008-04-14</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="25" release_name="Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales">2008-04-14</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="92" release_name="Selected Real Retail Sales Series">2008-04-14</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="71" release_name="Weekly Treasury Inflation-Indexed Securities">2008-04-14</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="122" release_name="H.4.1 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances (Unpublished Data)">2008-04-11</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="22" release_name="H.8 Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the United States">2008-04-11</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="63" release_name="M2 Related Series">2008-04-11</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="61" release_name="Money Zero Maturity (MZM)">2008-04-11</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="78" release_name="St. Louis Monthly Reserves and Monetary Base">2008-04-11</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="105" release_name="St. Louis Weekly Reserves and Monetary Base">2008-04-11</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="19" release_name="H.3 Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base">2008-04-10</release_date>
  <release_date release_id="20" release_name="H.4.1 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances">2008-04-10</release_date>
</release_dates>

Parameters

api_key

Read API Keys for more information.

32 character alpha-numeric lowercase string, required

realtime_start

The start of the real-time period. For more information, see Real-Time Periods.

YYYY-MM-DD formatted string, optional, default: First day of the current year

realtime_end

The end of the real-time period. For more information, see Real-Time Periods.

YYYY-MM-DD formatted string, optional, default: 9999-12-31 (latest available)

limit

The maximum number of results to return.

integer between 1 and 1000, optional, default: 1000

offset

non-negative integer, optional, default: 0

order_by

Order results by values of the specified attribute.

One of the following strings: 'release_date', 'release_id', 'release_name'.
optional, default: release_date

sort_order

Sort results is ascending or descending release date order.

One of the following strings: 'asc', 'desc'.
optional, default: desc