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# Common Series Reference

> Quick reference for frequently used FRED series

# Common FRED Series Reference

Quick reference guide for the most frequently used FRED economic data series.

## Major Economic Indicators

### GDP & Growth

| Series ID          | Description            | Frequency | Units                       |
| ------------------ | ---------------------- | --------- | --------------------------- |
| **GDP**            | Gross Domestic Product | Quarterly | Billions of Dollars         |
| **GDPC1**          | Real GDP               | Quarterly | Billions of Chained Dollars |
| **GDPPOT**         | Real Potential GDP     | Quarterly | Billions of Chained Dollars |
| **NYGDPMKTPCDWLD** | World GDP Per Capita   | Annual    | Constant 2015 US\$          |
| **GDPDEF**         | GDP Deflator           | Quarterly | Index 2017=100              |

### Employment & Labor

| Series ID         | Description                               | Frequency | Units     |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------- | --------- |
| **UNRATE**        | Unemployment Rate                         | Monthly   | Percent   |
| **U6RATE**        | Total Unemployed Plus Marginally Attached | Monthly   | Percent   |
| **PAYEMS**        | All Employees, Total Nonfarm              | Monthly   | Thousands |
| **CIVPART**       | Labor Force Participation Rate            | Monthly   | Percent   |
| **EMRATIO**       | Employment-Population Ratio               | Monthly   | Percent   |
| **CES0500000003** | Average Hourly Earnings                   | Monthly   | Dollars   |
| **ICSA**          | Initial Jobless Claims                    | Weekly    | Number    |

### Inflation Indicators

| Series ID    | Description                        | Frequency | Units             |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------- | --------- | ----------------- |
| **CPIAUCSL** | Consumer Price Index for All Urban | Monthly   | Index 1982-84=100 |
| **CPILFESL** | Core CPI (Less Food & Energy)      | Monthly   | Index 1982-84=100 |
| **PCEPI**    | PCE Price Index                    | Monthly   | Index 2017=100    |
| **PCEPILFE** | Core PCE Price Index               | Monthly   | Index 2017=100    |
| **DFEDTARU** | Federal Reserve Target Rate Upper  | Daily     | Percent           |
| **PPIFIS**   | Producer Price Index               | Monthly   | Index 1982=100    |

## Interest Rates

### Federal Reserve Rates

| Series ID    | Description                  | Frequency | Units   |
| ------------ | ---------------------------- | --------- | ------- |
| **DFF**      | Federal Funds Effective Rate | Daily     | Percent |
| **DFEDTARU** | Fed Target Upper Bound       | Daily     | Percent |
| **DFEDTARL** | Fed Target Lower Bound       | Daily     | Percent |
| **FEDFUNDS** | Federal Funds Rate (Monthly) | Monthly   | Percent |
| **IOER**     | Interest on Excess Reserves  | Daily     | Percent |

### Treasury Yields

| Series ID  | Description      | Frequency | Units   |
| ---------- | ---------------- | --------- | ------- |
| **DGS1MO** | 1-Month Treasury | Daily     | Percent |
| **DGS3MO** | 3-Month Treasury | Daily     | Percent |
| **DGS6MO** | 6-Month Treasury | Daily     | Percent |
| **DGS1**   | 1-Year Treasury  | Daily     | Percent |
| **DGS2**   | 2-Year Treasury  | Daily     | Percent |
| **DGS5**   | 5-Year Treasury  | Daily     | Percent |
| **DGS10**  | 10-Year Treasury | Daily     | Percent |
| **DGS30**  | 30-Year Treasury | Daily     | Percent |

### Yield Spreads

| Series ID        | Description           | Frequency | Units   |
| ---------------- | --------------------- | --------- | ------- |
| **T10Y2Y**       | 10-Year minus 2-Year  | Daily     | Percent |
| **T10Y3M**       | 10-Year minus 3-Month | Daily     | Percent |
| **TEDRATE**      | TED Spread            | Daily     | Percent |
| **BAMLH0A0HYM2** | High Yield Spread     | Daily     | Percent |

### Consumer Rates

| Series ID         | Description               | Frequency | Units   |
| ----------------- | ------------------------- | --------- | ------- |
| **MORTGAGE30US**  | 30-Year Fixed Mortgage    | Weekly    | Percent |
| **MORTGAGE15US**  | 15-Year Fixed Mortgage    | Weekly    | Percent |
| **DPRIME**        | Bank Prime Loan Rate      | Daily     | Percent |
| **TERMCBCCALLNS** | Credit Card Interest Rate | Monthly   | Percent |

## Stock Market

### Major Indices

| Series ID         | Description                  | Frequency | Units |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------- | --------- | ----- |
| **SP500**         | S\&P 500                     | Daily     | Index |
| **DJIA**          | Dow Jones Industrial Average | Daily     | Index |
| **NASDAQCOM**     | NASDAQ Composite             | Daily     | Index |
| **WILL5000INDFC** | Wilshire 5000                | Daily     | Index |
| **VIXCLS**        | CBOE Volatility Index        | Daily     | Index |

### Market Indicators

| Series ID            | Description                | Frequency | Units    |
| -------------------- | -------------------------- | --------- | -------- |
| **DDDM01USA156NWDB** | Stock Market Cap to GDP    | Annual    | Percent  |
| **SHILLER PE RATIO** | Shiller PE Ratio           | Monthly   | Ratio    |
| **DSPIC96**          | Disposable Personal Income | Monthly   | Billions |

## Housing Market

### Home Prices

| Series ID     | Description                        | Frequency | Units              |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------ |
| **CSUSHPISA** | Case-Shiller National Index        | Monthly   | Index Jan 2000=100 |
| **MSPUS**     | Median Sales Price                 | Quarterly | Dollars            |
| **ASPUS**     | Average Sales Price                | Quarterly | Dollars            |
| **USSTHPI**   | All-Transactions House Price Index | Quarterly | Index 1980Q1=100   |

### Housing Activity

| Series ID         | Description              | Frequency | Units     |
| ----------------- | ------------------------ | --------- | --------- |
| **HOUST**         | Housing Starts           | Monthly   | Thousands |
| **PERMIT**        | Building Permits         | Monthly   | Thousands |
| **HSN1F**         | New Home Sales           | Monthly   | Thousands |
| **EXHOSLUSM495S** | Existing Home Sales      | Monthly   | Millions  |
| **MSACSR**        | Monthly Supply of Houses | Monthly   | Months    |

### Rental Market

| Series ID        | Description               | Frequency | Units             |
| ---------------- | ------------------------- | --------- | ----------------- |
| **CUUR0000SEHA** | Rent of Primary Residence | Monthly   | Index 1982-84=100 |
| **RRVRUSQ156N**  | Rental Vacancy Rate       | Quarterly | Percent           |

## Consumer & Business

### Consumer Indicators

| Series ID   | Description           | Frequency | Units               |
| ----------- | --------------------- | --------- | ------------------- |
| **UMCSENT** | Consumer Sentiment    | Monthly   | Index 1966Q1=100    |
| **RSXFS**   | Retail Sales          | Monthly   | Millions of Dollars |
| **PCE**     | Personal Consumption  | Monthly   | Billions            |
| **PSAVERT** | Personal Savings Rate | Monthly   | Percent             |
| **TOTALSA** | Vehicle Sales         | Monthly   | Millions            |

### Business Indicators

| Series ID    | Description           | Frequency | Units          |
| ------------ | --------------------- | --------- | -------------- |
| **INDPRO**   | Industrial Production | Monthly   | Index 2017=100 |
| **CAPACITY** | Capacity Utilization  | Monthly   | Percent        |
| **BUSINV**   | Business Inventories  | Monthly   | Millions       |
| **NEWORDER** | New Orders            | Monthly   | Millions       |
| **NAPMNOI**  | ISM Manufacturing PMI | Monthly   | Index          |

## International

### Exchange Rates

| Series ID    | Description           | Frequency | Units      |
| ------------ | --------------------- | --------- | ---------- |
| **DEXUSEU**  | US/Euro               | Daily     | US\$/Euro  |
| **DEXJPUS**  | Japan/US              | Daily     | Yen/US\$   |
| **DEXUSUK**  | US/UK                 | Daily     | US\$/Pound |
| **DEXCHUS**  | China/US              | Daily     | Yuan/US\$  |
| **DEXCAUS**  | Canada/US             | Daily     | CAD/US\$   |
| **DTWEXBGS** | Trade Weighted Dollar | Daily     | Index      |

### Global Indicators

| Series ID            | Description           | Frequency | Units           |
| -------------------- | --------------------- | --------- | --------------- |
| **BRENT**            | Brent Crude Oil Price | Daily     | Dollars/Barrel  |
| **DCOILWTICO**       | WTI Crude Oil         | Daily     | Dollars/Barrel  |
| **GOLDAMGBD228NLBM** | Gold Price            | Daily     | Dollars/Troy Oz |
| **DEXKOUS**          | Korea/US Exchange     | Daily     | Won/US\$        |

## Banking & Money Supply

### Money Supply

| Series ID    | Description     | Frequency | Units    |
| ------------ | --------------- | --------- | -------- |
| **M1SL**     | M1 Money Supply | Monthly   | Billions |
| **M2SL**     | M2 Money Supply | Monthly   | Billions |
| **BOGMBASE** | Monetary Base   | Monthly   | Billions |
| **VELOCITY** | Velocity of M2  | Quarterly | Ratio    |

### Banking Indicators

| Series ID          | Description     | Frequency | Units    |
| ------------------ | --------------- | --------- | -------- |
| **TOTBKCR**        | Bank Credit     | Weekly    | Billions |
| **DPSACBW027SBOG** | Deposits        | Weekly    | Billions |
| **TOTRESNS**       | Total Reserves  | Monthly   | Billions |
| **EXCSRESNS**      | Excess Reserves | Monthly   | Billions |

## Government Finance

### Federal Budget

| Series ID       | Description             | Frequency | Units    |
| --------------- | ----------------------- | --------- | -------- |
| **FYFSD**       | Federal Surplus/Deficit | Annual    | Millions |
| **GFDEBTN**     | Federal Debt Total      | Quarterly | Billions |
| **GFDEGDQ188S** | Federal Debt to GDP     | Quarterly | Percent  |
| **FYFR**        | Federal Receipts        | Annual    | Millions |
| **FYONET**      | Federal Outlays         | Annual    | Millions |

### Government Spending

| Series ID   | Description              | Frequency | Units    |
| ----------- | ------------------------ | --------- | -------- |
| **GCE**     | Government Consumption   | Quarterly | Billions |
| **FDEFX**   | Federal Defense Spending | Quarterly | Billions |
| **SLFDEFX** | State & Local Spending   | Quarterly | Billions |

## Commodities

### Energy

| Series ID      | Description            | Frequency | Units          |
| -------------- | ---------------------- | --------- | -------------- |
| **DCOILWTICO** | WTI Crude Oil          | Daily     | \$/Barrel      |
| **GASREGW**    | Regular Gasoline Price | Weekly    | \$/Gallon      |
| **DHHNGSP**    | Natural Gas Price      | Daily     | \$/Million BTU |

### Metals

| Series ID            | Description  | Frequency | Units         |
| -------------------- | ------------ | --------- | ------------- |
| **GOLDAMGBD228NLBM** | Gold Price   | Daily     | \$/Troy Oz    |
| **DSLVSMAMZDM**      | Silver Price | Daily     | \$/Troy Oz    |
| **PCOPPUSDM**        | Copper Price | Monthly   | \$/Metric Ton |

### Agriculture

| Series ID      | Description   | Frequency | Units         |
| -------------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------- |
| **PWHEATUSDM** | Wheat Price   | Monthly   | \$/Metric Ton |
| **PCORNUSDM**  | Corn Price    | Monthly   | \$/Metric Ton |
| **PSOYBUSDM**  | Soybean Price | Monthly   | \$/Metric Ton |

## Regional Data

### State Unemployment

| Pattern        | Description              | Example           |
| -------------- | ------------------------ | ----------------- |
| **{STATE}UR**  | State unemployment rate  | CAUR (California) |
| **{STATE}URN** | State unemployment (NSA) | CAURN             |

### Metro Area

| Pattern        | Description        | Example          |
| -------------- | ------------------ | ---------------- |
| **{METRO}URN** | Metro unemployment | NYURN (New York) |
| **{METRO}POP** | Metro population   | NYPOP            |

## Usage Tips

### Finding Similar Series

1. Use the base series ID to search for related data
2. Add suffixes for different frequencies or adjustments
3. Check tags for geographic or topical variations

### Common Transformations

```json theme={null}
// Year-over-year inflation
{
  "series_id": "CPIAUCSL",
  "units": "pc1"
}

// Quarterly GDP growth
{
  "series_id": "GDPC1",
  "units": "pca"
}

// Monthly change in employment
{
  "series_id": "PAYEMS",
  "units": "chg"
}
```

### Combining Series

Many analyses require multiple series:

* **Taylor Rule**: DFF, GDPPOT, GDPC1, PCEPI
* **Yield Curve**: DGS3MO, DGS2, DGS10, DGS30
* **Labor Market Health**: UNRATE, PAYEMS, CIVPART, CES0500000003

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