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.

UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Server for LlamaIndex 6 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending
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LlamaIndex specializes in data-aware AI agents that connect LLMs to structured and unstructured sources. Add UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending as an MCP tool provider through Vinkius and your agents can query, analyze, and act on live data alongside your existing indexes.

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python

import asyncio
from llama_index.tools.mcp import BasicMCPClient, McpToolSpec
from llama_index.core.agent.workflow import FunctionAgent
from llama_index.llms.openai import OpenAI

async def main():
    # Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
    mcp_client = BasicMCPClient("https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp")
    mcp_tool_spec = McpToolSpec(client=mcp_client)
    tools = await mcp_tool_spec.to_tool_list_async()

    agent = FunctionAgent(
        tools=tools,
        llm=OpenAI(model="gpt-4o"),
        system_prompt=(
            "You are an assistant with access to UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending. "
            "You have 6 tools available."
        ),
    )

    response = await agent.run(
        "What tools are available in UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending?"
    )
    print(response)

asyncio.run(main())

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About UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Server

Official UK economic statistics from the ONS.

LlamaIndex agents combine UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending tool responses with indexed documents for comprehensive, grounded answers. Connect 6 tools through Vinkius and query live data alongside vector stores and SQL databases in a single turn. ideal for hybrid search, data enrichment, and analytical workflows.

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.

The UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Server exposes 6 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to LlamaIndex in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending to LlamaIndex via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Server with LlamaIndex.

Install dependencies

Run pip install llama-index-tools-mcp llama-index-llms-openai

Replace the token

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token

Run the agent

Save to agent.py and run: python agent.py

Explore tools

The agent discovers 6 tools from UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending

Why Use LlamaIndex with the UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Server

LlamaIndex provides unique advantages when paired with UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending through the Model Context Protocol.

Data-first architecture: LlamaIndex agents combine UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending tool responses with indexed documents for comprehensive, grounded answers

Query pipeline framework lets you chain UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending tool calls with transformations, filters, and re-rankers in a typed pipeline

Multi-source reasoning: agents can query UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending, a vector store, and a SQL database in a single turn and synthesize results

Observability integrations show exactly what UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending tools were called, what data was returned, and how it influenced the final answer

UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending + LlamaIndex Use Cases

Practical scenarios where LlamaIndex combined with the UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Hybrid search: combine UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending real-time data with embedded document indexes for answers that are both current and comprehensive

Data enrichment: query UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending to augment indexed data with live information before generating user-facing responses

Knowledge base agents: build agents that maintain and update knowledge bases by periodically querying UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending for fresh data

Analytical workflows: chain UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending queries with LlamaIndex's data connectors to build multi-source analytical reports

UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Tools for LlamaIndex (6)

These 6 tools become available when you connect UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending to LlamaIndex via MCP:

get_cpih

Dataset: 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

get_economy_dataset

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

get_gdp

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

get_retail_sales

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

get_spending_cards

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

get_tax_benefits

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

Example Prompts for UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending in LlamaIndex

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your LlamaIndex agent to start working with UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending immediately.

"What is the current UK inflation rate?"

"Show me UK GDP by region"

Troubleshooting UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Server with LlamaIndex

Common issues when connecting UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending to LlamaIndex through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

BasicMCPClient not found

Install: pip install llama-index-tools-mcp

UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending + LlamaIndex FAQ

Common questions about integrating UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending MCP Server with LlamaIndex.

How does LlamaIndex connect to MCP servers?

Use the MCP client adapter to create a connection. LlamaIndex discovers all tools and wraps them as query engine tools compatible with any LlamaIndex agent.

Can I combine MCP tools with vector stores?

Yes. LlamaIndex agents can query UK ONS Economy — GDP, Inflation & Consumer Spending tools and vector store indexes in the same turn, combining real-time and embedded data for grounded responses.