Link to NY Times profile article on FRED - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/busi ... andom.htmlFans post about him on social media. Swag bearing his name sells out on the regular. College professors dedicate class sessions and textbook sections to him. Foreign government officials have been known to express jealousy over his skills, and one prominent economist refers to him as a “national treasure.”
Meet FRED, a 33-year-old data tool from St. Louis, Mo., and the economics world’s most unlikely celebrity. From Facebook political debates to college classrooms, the St. Louis Fed’s data tool has gained a major following.
FRED is a great free source of financial and economic data. I am so data needy and nerdy that I am a proud owner of two of his T-shirts. I gifted a third shirt to my brother-in-law, Fred.
BobK
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