FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) MCP Server

Access economic data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - one of the most comprehensive economic databases with 800,000+ time series.

Data Available

• Interest Rates - Federal funds rate, Treasury yields, mortgage rates

• GDP & Growth - Real/nominal GDP, growth rates

• Employment - Unemployment rates, payrolls, labor force

• Inflation - CPI, PCE, inflation expectations

• Housing - Home prices, housing starts, mortgage rates

• Financial Markets - Stock indices, exchange rates, money supply

• State/Regional - State-level unemployment, income, GDP

Related MCP server: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) MCP Server

Setup

1. Get a free API key at: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html

2. Add to your MCP config:

{
  "fred": {
    "command": "node",
    "args": ["/path/to/fred/dist/index.js"],
    "env": {
      "FRED_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
    }
  }
}

Tools

get_series

Get time series data for a FRED series ID.

Example: Get recent GDP data

seriesId: "GDP"
limit: 20

search_series

Search for FRED series by keywords.

Example: Find retail sales series

query: "retail sales"
limit: 10

get_series_info

Get metadata about a series (title, units, frequency, notes).

list_popular

List commonly used FRED series IDs with descriptions.

Returns: Popular series for GDP, unemployment, interest rates, inflation, etc.

get_category_series

Get all series in a FRED category.

get_releases

Get recent data releases (useful for finding fresh data).

get_state_data

Shortcut for common state-level economic data.

Example: Get California unemployment

stateAbbr: "CA"
metric: "unemployment"

Popular Series IDs

Rate Limits

• 120 requests per minute

Documentation

• API Documentation: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/

• Series Search: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/