federal_reserve default start date

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/openbb_platform/providers/federal_reserve/openbb_federal_reserve/models/federal_funds_rate.py b/openbb_platform/providers/federal_reserve/openbb_federal_reserve/models/federal_funds_rate.py
index f06900bcc88..256767d9d01 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/providers/federal_reserve/openbb_federal_reserve/models/federal_funds_rate.py
+++ b/openbb_platform/providers/federal_reserve/openbb_federal_reserve/models/federal_funds_rate.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class FederalReserveFederalFundsRateFetcher(
         transformed_params = params.copy()
         now = datetime.now().date()
         if params.get("start_date") is None:
-            transformed_params["start_date"] = datetime(2016, 1, 1).date()
+            transformed_params["start_date"] = datetime(2016, 3, 1).date()
         if params.get("end_date") is None:
             transformed_params["end_date"] = now
 
diff --git a/openbb_platform/providers/fred/openbb_fred/models/federal_funds_rate.py b/openbb_platform/providers/fred/openbb_fred/models/federal_funds_rate.py
index 37c51cbf034..1315fbb5051 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/providers/fred/openbb_fred/models/federal_funds_rate.py
+++ b/openbb_platform/providers/fred/openbb_fred/models/federal_funds_rate.py
@@ -133,11 +133,17 @@ class FredFederalFundsRateFetcher(
         transformed_params = params.copy()
         now = datetime.now().date()
         if params.get("start_date") is None:
-            transformed_params["start_date"] = datetime(2016, 1, 1).date()
+            transformed_params["start_date"] = (
+                datetime(2016, 1, 1).date()
+                if params.get("effr_only") is False
+                else None
+            )
         if params.get("end_date") is None:
             transformed_params["end_date"] = now
         return FredFederalFundsRateQueryParams(**transformed_params)
 
+        return FredFederalFundsRateQueryParams(**params)
+
     @staticmethod
     async def aextract_data(
         query: FredFederalFundsRateQueryParams,