UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Server
Official UK economic data: quarterly and annual GDP by region, CPIH inflation (the UK's headline measure), retail sales index, real-time card spending indicators, and household income statistics from the Office for National Statistics.
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What is the UK ONS MCP Server?
The UK ONS MCP Server gives AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor direct access to UK ONS via 6 tools. Official UK economic data: quarterly and annual GDP by region, CPIH inflation (the UK's headline measure), retail sales index, real-time card spending indicators, and household income statistics from the Office for National Statistics. Powered by the Vinkius - no API keys, no infrastructure, connect in under 2 minutes.
Built-in capabilities (6)
Tools for your AI Agents to operate UK ONS
Ask your AI agent "What is the current UK inflation rate?" and get the answer without opening a single dashboard. With 6 tools connected to real UK ONS 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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UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Server capabilities
6 toolsDataset: cpih01. The headline UK inflation measure used by the ONS. Filter by aggregate (cpih1dim1A0 = all items) and geography (K02000001 = UK). Get UK inflation (CPIH) — the official consumer prices index including housing costs
Common IDs: regional-gdp-by-quarter, cpih01, retail-sales-index, uk-spending-on-cards. Use get_dimensions to discover available filters. Query any ONS economy dataset by ID with flexible filters
Main datasets: regional-gdp-by-quarter (quarterly), regional-gdp-by-year (annual). Covers England, Wales, and 9 English regions. Use time=* for the full time series. Get UK GDP data — quarterly and annual, by region and sector
Dataset: retail-sales-index. Monthly data showing value and volume of retail sales in Great Britain. Base year 2019=100. Seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted. Get UK retail sales index — value and volume of consumer spending
Dataset: uk-spending-on-cards. Weekly data providing near real-time insight into consumer spending patterns. Get UK debit and credit card spending — experimental real-time indicator
Dataset: tax-benefits-statistics. Shows redistribution effects of direct and indirect taxation and benefits in cash or kind. Get the effects of taxes and benefits on UK household income
What the UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Server unlocks
Official UK economic statistics from the ONS.
What you can do
- GDP — Quarterly and annual, by region
- CPIH — The UK's headline inflation measure (including housing)
- Retail Sales — Monthly consumer spending volumes
- Card Spending — Experimental real-time debit/credit indicator
- Tax & Benefits — Household income redistribution
No API Key Required
Completely open and unrestricted.Frequently asked questions about the UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Server
What is CPIH?
CPIH (Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs) is the UK's most comprehensive inflation measure. Unlike CPI, it includes housing costs for homeowners. The ONS considers CPIH its headline measure of inflation.
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