Leave a Review FRED Economic Data
Incredibly inefficient to use
I have used Fred for years for data. It is incredible the data they have available. Yet, the only reasonably efficient way to use it is the website. They have an Excel plugin that could be/should be fantastic, but is buggy and they state that it is “available but unsupported” and not to be updated. No kidding. The mobile apps could also be great, but you have to ask if they ever tried to really use the iPad app. On the opening page, there are several thumbnail charts, too small to read what they are . It cannot be used in landscape mode, which would in most apps spread them across the wider space in a larger size. So you have click on a charts to see what it is, but then it is formatted in a huge image that puts axes off the page. It can rotate to landscape, but is still inappropriately formatted. The refusal to rotate continues when you look at the list of data series in categories, so the text is almost microscopic.
In contrast, the website works well and renders the other api’s pointless endeavors.
For such brilliant data geeks as the St. Louis Fed (and that is a sincere complement) these apps are an embarrassment. SOMEBODY among all those great analysts should be able to direct the app designers to put together a useful product. (PLEASE update and fix the Excel plugin! It would really facilitate serious analysis, not just chart gazing.)Show lessNo Full Disclosure
Stays in portrait mode on IPad
I love the app but can’t get it to rotate to landscape on my IPad.Reviewnicknamemmc
great app
how does this not have more reviews?slick cytosol
Doesn’t have updated unemployment data in the most recent moth
This app stopped updating the unemployment rate. Since unemployment rose sharply in the Corona virus pandemic, it seems to only want to only positive data and leave out the negative. We need to see the whole truth through data not partial truth.x6y4
iPad Pro charts are clipped
Every chart is clipped and have to turn to landscape view to see it.Tom, silicon valley
Great content, can’t zoom or share
The content is great, of course. The blog posts are present and interesting. But you can’t zoom on graphs - their scale is often incorrect to the point of complete obfuscation. And you can’t share blog posts via the typical ‘share’ icons.zebart00
One of the few things in government that works
It has the data and the graphs. What else would it need.Pepe the dog
Won’t display in landscape. No value add over the web site.
Won’t display in landscape. No value add over the web site.jbmia2
Crashes
Any time you attempt to add new series to a graph it crashes on my device. iOS 12.4 / iPhone 8gtg462w
App get crash sometimes
The app work well before. When I use it currently, it gets crash sometimes when I compared two graphs. Please fix the bug as soon as possibletheveryveryverybigguy
