Honest comparison
RoboMacro vs FRED labor data
FRED is the source. RoboMacro is a 100-chart US payrolls dashboard plus a 10-model NFP ensemble scored against the BLS first print. Cite FRED; use RoboMacro for the overlay.
FRED is the source. Almost every RoboMacro labor chart is a FRED/BLS series. We do not claim to be a data vendor.
| FRED | RoboMacro | |
|---|---|---|
| Role | Official series, download, ALFRED vintages | 100-chart payrolls dashboard + 10-model ensemble |
| NFP news | The print lives at BLS | Scored vs first print — not the revision — and vs street |
| Cite | Always | FRED series IDs on every chart |
| Price | $0 | $0 |
| Models | — | 10 models; core ensemble excludes VAR and LightGBM |
Labor dashboard: /payrolls. Ensemble: /models/payrolls. Method: /methodology/payrolls-lab.
