Hi Sven,
Thanks very much for your reply. The series which I am trying to download from the FRED
database are the following:
CPIAUCSL Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average, SA
from 1947
CPIAUCNS Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average, NSA
from 1913
FEDFUNDS Monthy Federal Funds rate Dec 1914-2025, annual %, from FRED (FEDFUNDS)
GS2 Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 2-Year Constant Maturity, Quoted on an
Investment Basis
GS10 Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity, Quoted on an
Investment Basis
GS30 Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 30-Year Constant Maturity, Quoted on an
Investment Basis
UNRATE Unemployment Rate
M1SL M1 (US)
M2SL M2 (US)
BOGMBASE Monetary Base (US)
MABMM301USM189S M3 for United States
GBRCPIALLMINMEI Consumer Price Index: Total for United Kingdom
SCPIUKM Spliced Consumer Price index in the United Kingdom
BOERUKM Bank of England Policy Rate in the United Kingdom
IRLTLT01GBM156N Long-Term Government Bond Yields: 10-Year: United Kingdom
MTGB10UKM 10 Year Government Bond Yields in the United Kingdom (Historic series)
YCLTUK Consol (Long-Term Bond) Yields in the United Kingdom
AURUKM Unemployment Rate in the United Kingdom
LRHUTTTTGBM156S Infra-Annual Labor Statistics: Monthly Unemployment Rate Total: 15 Years
or over for United Kingdom
MBM0UKM Monetary Base M0 in the United Kingdom
MANMM101GBM189S Monetary Aggregates and Their Components: Narrow Money and Components: M1
and Components: M1 for United Kingdom
MABMM201GBM189S M2 for the United Kingdom (DISCONTINUED)
DEUCPIALLMINMEI Consumer Price Indices (CPIs, HICPs), COICOP 1999: Consumer Price Index:
Total for Germany
INTDSRDEM193N Interest Rates, Discount Rate for Germany
IRLTLT01DEM156N Interest Rates: Long-Term Government Bond Yields: 10-Year: Main (Including
Benchmark) for Germany
ECBDFR ECB Deposit Facility Rate for Euro Area
IR3TIB01DEM156N Interest Rates: 3-Month or 90-Day Rates and Yields: Interbank Rates: Total
for Germany
IRLTCT01DEM156N Interest Rates: Long-Term Government Bond Yields: Combined Terms: Total
for Germany
The first 9 are available in the Gretl version of the FRED database. The rest are not. I
have updated the Gretl database. It looks as if the Gretl version only has US data, and
this is only up to April 2025. The ideal would be able to write a script to directly
address the FRED as Riccardo has suggested.
Many thanks,
Roland
On 13 Oct 2025, at 13:48, Sven Schreiber
<sven.schreiber(a)fu-berlin.de> wrote:
Am 13.10.2025 um 11:12 schrieb Roland Clarke:
> If anybody can suggest how to access the FRED database directly with a Hansl script
that would be an even better option (The copy of the FRED database included with Gretl
unfortunately does not have all the variables which I need).
Indeed, let's try to grab the data without the R detour. In general it would also
help if you tell us what series you need.
Please try to update the Fred database within gretl, maybe that gives you what you are
looking for: Menu File/Databases/On server, a new window opens, please check the entry
"fedstl" there and re-download to update.
cheers
sven
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