{"categories":[{"label":"Scientific/Engineering","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/scientific-engineering/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Fetches macroeconomic and factor data from remote sources like FRED, Fama/French, World Bank, and OECD, returning it as pandas DataFrames.","skillfed_tags":["financial-data","economic-indicators","data-acquisition"],"use_cases":["Fetch US Treasury yield curves (e.g., 10-year rates) from FRED for financial modeling.","Download Fama/French factor returns to build multi-factor risk models.","Retrieve World Bank development indicators for cross-country economic analysis.","Access OECD macroeconomic statistics for policy research or forecasting.","Automate periodic updates of economic datasets in a pandas-based analysis pipeline."],"what_it_does":"pandas-datareader is a data-access library that retrieves macroeconomic, policy, and factor-oriented datasets from public sources and returns them as pandas DataFrames. It wraps APIs from providers like FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), Fama/French, World Bank, OECD, Eurostat, and others, letting you fetch economic indicators, interest rates, factor returns, and similar data programmatically without manual downloads.\n\nThe library is built on pandas, lxml, and requests, making it straightforward to integrate into data analysis workflows. It requires Python 3.11 or later and has been actively maintained since 2015. The public API is designed around convenience functions like `get_data_fred()` that abstract away the details of authentication and HTTP calls, so you can focus on the data itself.","worth_installing":"Yes. Low install friction, active maintenance, no known vulnerabilities, permissive license, and a focused scope make it a reliable choice for fetching macroeconomic data into pandas workflows. Install it if you need programmatic access to FRED, Fama/French, World Bank, or similar sources; skip it if you only need ad-hoc manual downloads or work with proprietary data feeds."},"id":"pandas-datareader","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pandas-datareader","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pandas-datareader.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/pandas-datareader/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-06-24","license_spdx":"BSD-3-Clause","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"pandas-datareader","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Pandas-compatible data readers. Formerly a component of pandas."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":1276123,"position":4125,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.11.1"}