Search for FRED® data series using full-text queries.

The search command performs a global search across series names, descriptions, and metadata. It is the primary entry point for discovering relevant economic data.

Examples:

“inflation” — Consumer Price Index and related measures
“unemployment” — labor market indicators
“gdp” — output and growth series

A real world example highlighting the search command can be found in this post about analyzing a segment from the popular economics podcast Marketplace.

USAGE

reserve search “” [flags]

Available Flags:

–limit N Limit the number of results returned

reserve search –help (for more details about flags)

SEARCH

Search for FRED series by keyword.

Returns matching series with metadata such as title, frequency, and units.

Usage: reserve search “” [–limit N]

# General search
reserve search “inflation”

# Limit results
reserve search “inflation” –limit 10

# Use series code returned from inflation search
reserve fetch series CPIAUCSL

# Export results for further analysis
reserve search “gdp” –format csv

# General search
reserve search “inflation”

# Limit results
reserve search “inflation” –limit 10

# Use series code returned from inflation search
reserve fetch series CPIAUCSL

# Export results for further analysis
reserve search “gdp” –format csv

See Global Flags for additional global options available for this command.