Economic Series charts data from FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis): inflation, jobs, rates, money supply, housing and thousands more. Plot up to 4 series together, each on its own scale, and shade US recessions.

**Aliases:** `FRED`, `ECOS`

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## How to use ECST

| You type | Result |
|---|---|
| `ECST` <kbd>ENTER | Opens the economic series chart. |
| `FRED:CPIAUCSL ECST` <kbd>ENTER | Charts a specific FRED series. |

## Options

From the window menu: **Add series** and **Remove**, and **TRANSFORM** to show the level, year-over-year %, period-over-period % or change. Recession periods are shaded in the background.

## Window menu

Open **▾** in the title bar (or right-click the window) for ECST's options:

| Menu item | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| **Transform** | |
| LEVEL | `1
` |
| YOY % | `2
` |
| MOM/QOQ % | `3
` |
| CHANGE | `4
` |
| 5Y |  |
| 10Y |  |
| 20Y |  |
| MAX |  |
| Add series… |  |

The menu also has the standard window actions: change function, change security, link, open a copy, zoom and close.

## Plan limits

| | Guest | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observations shown | 60 | 240 | All |

See [Plans and access](/help-center/roxom-pro/getting-started/plans-and-access).

## Related functions

**ECO: Macro Calendar**
Economic releases · list · month

**ECAN: US CPI Contributions**
Food · energy · core goods · core services contributions to CPI

**RSAN: US Retail Spend Contributions**
Census retail sectors' contributions to consumer spend growth

**DOTS: FOMC Dot Plot**
Fed participants' rate projections · median · Kalshi-implied path

## FAQ

**What does ECST do?**

    FRED series, YoY/MoM transforms, recessions.

**How do I open ECST?**

    Type `ECST` on the command line and press ENTER. To open it in a new window, type `+ECST` or press ⇧ENTER.