import fred stops working randomly

[Marian Manic]

Hello,

I am using StataNow 19.5, MP.

I am automating the import of various series from FRED like treasury yields or labor market indicators. For some reason the import fred command stops working randomly and gives me the "I/O error". Here's my code:

import fred DGS1MO DGS3MO DGS6MO DGS1 DGS2 DGS3 DGS5 DGS7 DGS10 DGS20 DGS30, clear

Summary
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Series ID                    Nobs    Date range                Frequency
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DGS1MO                       6197    2001-07-31 to 2026-05-12  Daily
DGS3MO                       11173   1981-09-01 to 2026-05-12  Daily
DGS6MO                       11173   1981-09-01 to 2026-05-12  Daily
DGS1                         16075   1962-01-02 to 2026-05-12  Daily
DGS2                         12483   1976-06-01 to 2026-05-12  Daily
DGS3                         16075   1962-01-02 to 2026-05-12  Daily
DGS5                         16075   1962-01-02 to 2026-05-12  Daily
DGS7                         14205   1969-07-01 to 2026-05-12  Daily
DGS10                        16075   1962-01-02 to 2026-05-12  Daily
DGS20                        14386   1962-01-02 to 2026-05-12  Daily
DGS30                        12305   1977-02-15 to 2026-05-12  Daily
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# of series imported: 11
   highest frequency: Daily
    lowest frequency: Daily
r; t=16.58 10:44:29

import fred DGS1MO DGS3MO DGS6MO DGS1 DGS2 DGS3 DGS5 DGS7 DGS10 DGS20 DGS30, clear
I/O error
r(691); t=0.20 10:44:51

import fred LNU01000000 LNU02000000 LNU03000000 UNRATENSA PAYNSA, clear
I/O error
r(691); t=12.41 11:00:28

I checked online and found that it may be an issue with Stata's Temp folder being out of space, but that is not an issue in my case (plenty of space on drive C). I wrote directly to Stata tech support about this, and they also could not provide a solution saying that this may be caused by a firewall or antivirus that is run by my work administrator. I doubt that is the issue since I am also using the

getsymbols

command to import stock price data and I have never encountered the I/O error issue with that.

Has anyone run into this issue? Is there a fix to this or am I missing something?

Thanks!

[Stephen Jenkins]

Is this post relevant? https://www.statalist.org/forums/for...nomic-database

[Marian Manic]

Is this post relevant? https://www.statalist.org/forums/for...nomic-database

That post provides a timeline from the

freduse

to

import fred

, which only works with an API now. I'm using the

import fred

command and have originally set the API permanently for Stata. So, that shouldn't be an issue since the import fred command works fine sometimes, and then when I run it again after a few seconds or minutes or for a different set of series it throws the I/O error.