---
id: openbb-federal-reserve
version: "1.6.2"
license: AGPL-3.0-only
license_treatment: agpl
maintenance: active
---

# openbb-federal-reserve — US Federal Reserve Data Extension for OpenBB

License: agpl · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 86.5K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This package extends the OpenBB Platform with a dedicated provider for Federal Reserve economic data. It publishes endpoints for money supply measures, central bank holdings, FOMC meeting documents, fixed-income rates (SOFR, EFFR), and treasury yield curves—data that the Federal Reserve publishes directly rather than through FRED. The extension requires no API key and integrates into the OpenBB Workspace as a custom backend, exposing its data through both programmatic endpoints and interactive dashboard widgets.

The package depends on openbb-core, openbb-economy, openbb-fixedincome, and openbb-platform-api to function, meaning it is designed as a plugin within the larger OpenBB ecosystem rather than a standalone library. Installation includes a build step (openbb-build) to generate static assets. It supports Python 3.10 through 3.14 and is actively maintained.

Use it for:

- Retrieve current and historical FOMC meeting minutes, projections, and policy statements for research or analysis.
- Access real-time SOFR and EFFR rates for fixed-income trading or risk management workflows.
- Fetch Federal Reserve regional economic indicators and statistics for macroeconomic monitoring.
- Build dashboards in OpenBB Workspace that combine Fed data with other economic sources.
- Analyze primary dealer positioning and treasury yield curves for market analysis.
- Integrate Fed economic data into Python-based financial modeling or backtesting systems.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Integrates Federal Reserve data sources into the OpenBB Platform, providing access to economic indicators, FOMC documents, and fixed-income rate data not available through FRED.

Yes, if you are already using OpenBB Platform and need direct access to Federal Reserve data outside FRED. The low installation friction, active maintenance, and zero-authorization data access make it a straightforward addition to an OpenBB workflow. The AGPL-3.0-only license is a blocker only if your project is proprietary and cannot be open-sourced.

## Install

pip install openbb-federal-reserve
uv add openbb-federal-reserve
poetry add openbb-federal-reserve

## Installing openbb-federal-reserve

Before you install: Low friction installation with a pure Python wheel and active maintenance (80 days since last release). Requires running openbb-build after install to generate static assets.

License in practice: AGPL-3.0-only license requires that any derivative work or modification be released under the same license and made available to users; suitable for open-source projects but restrictive for proprietary applications.

Quickstart:

pip install openbb-federal-reserve
openbb-build

from openbb_core.app import OpenBB
obb = OpenBB()
data = obb.economy.money_measures()

Requires Python 3.10 or later; openbb-build command must be run after installation to generate platform assets before use.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the extension works offline or requires live internet access to Federal Reserve endpoints.
- Performance characteristics and rate limits for bulk data retrieval across multiple endpoints.
- Compatibility with the full OpenBB Platform ecosystem beyond the listed runtime dependencies.

## Package facts

- License: AGPL-3.0-only (agpl)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 86.5K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

federal reserve data provider, openbb extension fed data, fomc documents api, central bank economic indicators, treasury rates and yield curves, sofr effr overnight rates, openbb platform plugin, federal-reserve, economic-data, openbb-plugin

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