Datafeed Toolbox™

fred.fetch - Request data from FRED data servers

Syntax

data = fetch(Connect, 'Security')
data = fetch(Connect, 'Security', 'D1')
data = fetch(Connect, 'Security', 'D1', 'D2')

Arguments

Connect

FRED connection object created with the fred function.

'Security'

MATLAB^® string containing the name of a security in a format recognizable by the FRED server.

'D1'

MATLAB string or date number indicating the date from which to retrieve data. Returns all data for the date 'D1'; if 'D1' is today's date, fetch returns data from yesterday.

'D2'

MATLAB string or date number indicating the date range from which to retrieve data. Returns all data for the given security for the date range 'D1' to 'D2'.

Note You can specify dates in any of the formats supported by datestr and datenum that show a year, month, and day.

Description

For a given security, fetch returns historical data using the connection to the FRED data server.

Examples

Fetch all available daily U.S. to Euro foreign exchange rates:

d = fetch(f,'DEXUSEU')
d = 
                  Title: ' U.S. / Euro Foreign Exchange Rate'
              SeriesID: ' DEXUSEU'
                Source: 
						' Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System'
               Release: ' H.10 Foreign Exchange Rates'
    SeasonalAdjustment: ' Not Applicable'
             Frequency: ' Daily'
                 Units: ' U.S. Dollars to One Euro'
             DateRange: ' 1999-01-04 to 2006-06-19'
           LastUpdated: ' 2006-06-20 9:39 AM CT'
                 Notes: ' Noon buying rates in New York City for 
                          cable transfers payable in foreign currencies.'
                  Data: [1877x2 double]

Fetch data for 01/01/2007 through 06/01/2007:

d = fetch(f,'DEXUSEU','01/01/2007','06/01/2007)
d = 
                 Title: ' U.S. / Euro Foreign Exchange Rate'
              SeriesID: ' DEXUSEU'
                Source: 
						' Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System'
               Release: ' H.10 Foreign Exchange Rates'
    SeasonalAdjustment: ' Not Applicable'
             Frequency: ' Daily'
                 Units: ' U.S. Dollars to One Euro'
             DateRange: ' 1999-01-04 to 2006-06-19'
           LastUpdated: ' 2006-06-20 9:39 AM CT'
                 Notes: ' Noon buying rates in New York City for 
                          cable transfers payable in foreign currencies.'
                  Data: [105x2 double]

fred.fetch - Request data from FRED data servers

Syntax

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Description

Examples

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