FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Server
Track every U.S. economic data release: Employment Situation, GDP Advance, CPI, Federal Funds Rate, and hundreds more — with release schedules, historical dates, and the complete series within each release.
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What is the FRED MCP Server?
The FRED MCP Server gives AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor direct access to FRED via 4 tools. Track every U.S. economic data release: Employment Situation, GDP Advance, CPI, Federal Funds Rate, and hundreds more — with release schedules, historical dates, and the complete series within each release. Powered by the Vinkius - no API keys, no infrastructure, connect in under 2 minutes.
Built-in capabilities (4)
Tools for your AI Agents to operate FRED
Ask your AI agent "When is the next Employment Situation release?" and get the answer without opening a single dashboard. With 4 tools connected to real FRED data, your agents reason over live information, cross-reference it with other MCP servers, and deliver insights you would spend hours assembling manually.
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FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Server capabilities
4 toolsUse release IDs like 10 (Employment Situation), 53 (GDP), 46 (CPI). Get details for a specific FRED release
Without release_id, returns dates for all releases (great for economic calendar). With release_id, returns dates for a specific release. Get release dates for economic data
For example, release 10 (Employment Situation) contains UNRATE, PAYEMS, and hundreds more. Get all series within a FRED release
Each release contains multiple series. List all FRED economic data releases
What the FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Server unlocks
Never miss an economic data release again. FRED Releases gives your AI agent real-time awareness of the U.S. economic calendar.
What you can do
- Browse All Releases — Employment Situation (BLS), GDP (BEA), CPI, PPI, FOMC, and 300+ official releases
- Release Dates — Upcoming and historical release dates — build your own economic calendar
- Series Discovery — Find all series within a release (e.g., release 10 has UNRATE, PAYEMS, and 500+ series)
Key Release IDs
10 Employment Situation · 53 GDP · 46 CPI · 21 Federal Funds Rate · 189 Housing Starts
Who is this for?
Traders, fund managers, economic journalists, central bank watchers, and macro strategists who need to track when critical economic data drops.Frequently asked questions about the FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Server
What is a FRED release?
A release is a collection of related series published together on a schedule. For example, the 'Employment Situation' release (#10) published monthly by BLS contains unemployment rate, nonfarm payrolls, and 500+ labor market series.
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