Governor Christopher J. Waller announced at FRED Con 2026 that the Federal Reserve’s economic database, known as FRED, now hosts over 850,000 data series. The free platform pulls data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and US Census Bureau, and plans to expand AI integration to improve data accessibility and reliability. Hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the conference emphasizes trusted data practices and generative AI’s role in economic data discovery and analysis. Representatives from Amazon, FedEx, The Economist, and the US Census Bureau are taking part in the event.
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