FRED Series — U.S. Economic Time Series MCP Server
Search and retrieve data from 816,000+ official U.S. economic time series: GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, money supply — with built-in transformations, frequency aggregation, and vintage analysis.
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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 5 tools. Search and retrieve data from 816,000+ official U.S. economic time series: GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, money supply — with built-in transformations, frequency aggregation, and vintage analysis. Powered by the Vinkius - no API keys, no infrastructure, connect in under 2 minutes.
Built-in capabilities (5)
Tools for your AI Agents to operate FRED
Ask your AI agent "What is the current U.S. unemployment rate?" and get the answer without opening a single dashboard. With 5 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 Series — U.S. Economic Time Series MCP Server capabilities
5 toolsSupports date filtering, unit transformations (percent change, log, etc.), and frequency aggregation. This is the primary tool for retrieving economic data. Get actual data values for a FRED time series
Use well-known IDs like GDP, UNRATE, CPIAUCSL, FEDFUNDS, DGS10, SP500, M2SL. Get metadata for a specific FRED series
Useful for monitoring new data releases. Filter by macro (large/popular series) or regional. Get recently updated FRED series
Essential for ALFRED-style vintage analysis and understanding data revisions. Get historical revision dates for a series
Returns matching series with title, frequency, units, popularity. Use order_by=popularity to find the most-used series. Examples: "GDP", "unemployment rate", "inflation CPI". Search 816,000+ economic time series by keyword
What the FRED Series — U.S. Economic Time Series MCP Server unlocks
Connect your AI agent to the most powerful economic data engine in the world. FRED Series gives you direct access to the Federal Reserve's complete time series database.
What you can do
- Search 816,000+ Series — Find any economic indicator by keyword. GDP, CPI, unemployment rate, federal funds rate, housing starts, and hundreds of thousands more
- Retrieve Observations — Get actual date/value pairs with built-in unit transformations (percent change, log, year-over-year) and frequency aggregation (daily → monthly → quarterly → annual)
- Series Metadata — Full details: title, units, frequency, seasonal adjustment, observation range, source, and notes
- Recent Updates — Monitor which series were just updated — essential for tracking economic releases
- Vintage Analysis — Access ALFRED-style historical revisions to understand how data was revised over time
Popular Series IDs
GDP · UNRATE · CPIAUCSL · FEDFUNDS · DGS10 · SP500 · M2SL · MORTGAGE30US · DEXUSEU · T10YIE
Who is this for?
Quantitative analysts, economists, financial advisors, portfolio managers, data journalists, academic researchers, and anyone building AI agents that need authoritative U.S. economic data.Frequently asked questions about the FRED Series — U.S. Economic Time Series MCP Server
How do I get a FRED API key?
Free and instant! Go to fredaccount.stlouisfed.org/apikeys, create a free account (no credit card), click 'Request API Key', and copy the 32-character key. Takes under 60 seconds.
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