FRED Economic Data

Doesn’t let you scroll through the graph, meaning you will only see maybe half the charts even if you turn your phone horizontally. If you do turn your phone horizontally, all you will be able to see is half a graph and not be able to change settings or parameters. When you select years, it will automatically give you projections instead of actual, meaning if you select “1 year” it will give you a projection of 2033-2034 instead of actual 2023-2024. Gonna keep the app because I would like to see it become more robust, but right now, this ain’t it chief. Better to go through the browser than the app.

It is very nerdy but I absolutely love to have my fred data handy and ready to pull out for quick conversations about the economy. My biggest problem is how clunky, buggy and unreliable the app can be. For example, I tried to show my friend a CPI chart that I had made on the PC with CPI Less housing and Core CPI. But when I went to show the graph on the expanded horizontal view, it bugged out and did not show half of the data. I wish that this app got a good overhaul or at least regular bug fixes.

Would be nice to see all of the Edit Graph features from the web version. The X axis often isn’t visible in the app.

Every time I want to register for an account I get a “Bad Request: Account Verification Failed”. It happens when I try to make a sign in through Apple account or when I try using a regular email.

1. Full screen view of saved graphs often glitches and does not show full screen 2. Can only save and share as a low quality JPEG. Cannot export in multiple formats (PDF, Excel, ...) 3. Cannot view saved dashboards 5. Cannot use graphing editor tool

Using the search bar to look up data series is essentially non functional rendering the entire user experience moot

This is a very poor app. It is difficult to find data (among waves of lists), the app has crashed every time (seriously 100% of the time) that I’ve tried to use it, and it flips between landscape and portrait mode on its own and seemingly without reason. I deleted it after a few attempts. No point playing with this app. It’s the worst app I’ve ever encountered.

The search bar doesn’t narrow down the list of things you’re looking for. When I want to look for “home price,” it’ll read the “h” and start listing suggestions starting with h, but it doesn’t do anything with the rest of the search term. I just need the series names to call data into MATLAB, but the website is 10x better. Y’all need to fire whoever is developing the app and hire someone serious.

Brilliant vest of technology

Doesn’t update doesn’t work