Federal Reserve limits web access to capital stock data
Public users must use the Federal Register API to obtain capital stock information after a CAPTCHA block.
The Federal Reserve Bank capital stock page now displays a request-access notice rather than the previously available data. The notice states that, due to aggressive automated scraping of FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov, programmatic access to these sites is limited to the agencies' developer APIs.
Visitors are directed to the FederalRegister.gov API documentation and the eCFR.gov API documentation to learn how to retrieve capital stock information. The page explains that the CAPTCHA challenge is a security measure intended to block automated requests.
If users encounter repeated CAPTCHA prompts or need broader IP range access, the site provides a "Site Help" button that opens a contact form for IP access assistance. No substantive regulatory text or capital-stock rule changes are included in the notice.
The change affects only the method of obtaining capital-stock data; it does not modify any existing Federal Reserve regulations or reporting requirements.
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