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FRED Economic Data

com.olyport/fred
Data & Analytics Finance & Investing Public & reachable MCP 2025-11-25

What this MCP does

Provides searchable Federal Reserve economic time series, metadata, release dates, and historical observations.

Capabilities

Tools

5 tools
get_category_series
Get all FRED series within a specific category. FRED organizes data into a hierarchy of categories. Use this to browse available series within a topic area. Common category IDs: - 32991: Money, Banking, & Finance - 10: Population, Employment, & Labor Markets - 32992: National Accounts (GDP) - 1: Production & Business Activity - 32455: Prices (CPI, PPI) - 97: Housing Args: category_id: FRED category identifier (integer).
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'title': 'get_category_seriesArguments', 'required': ['category_id'], 'properties': {'category_id': {'type': 'integer', 'title': 'Category Id'}}}
Output schema 
{'type': 'object', 'title': 'get_category_seriesOutput', 'required': ['result'], 'properties': {'result': {'type': 'string', 'title': 'Result'}}}
get_release_dates
Get release dates for a specific FRED data release. Returns the dates when a particular data release was published. Useful for tracking when economic indicators are updated. Common release IDs: - 10: Consumer Price Index - 46: Producer Price Index - 50: Employment Situation (jobs report) - 53: Gross Domestic Product - 17: Federal Reserve H.15 (interest rates) - 21: Federal Reserve H.6 (money stock) Args: release_id: FRED release identifier (integer).
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'title': 'get_release_datesArguments', 'required': ['release_id'], 'properties': {'release_id': {'type': 'integer', 'title': 'Release Id'}}}
Output schema 
{'type': 'object', 'title': 'get_release_datesOutput', 'required': ['result'], 'properties': {'result': {'type': 'string', 'title': 'Result'}}}
get_series_info
Get metadata and details for a specific FRED series. Returns comprehensive information about a series including its title, frequency, units, seasonal adjustment, source, and date range. Use this to understand what a series measures before pulling observations. Args: series_id: FRED series identifier (e.g. 'UNRATE', 'GDP', 'CPIAUCSL').
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'title': 'get_series_infoArguments', 'required': ['series_id'], 'properties': {'series_id': {'type': 'string', 'title': 'Series Id'}}}
Output schema 
{'type': 'object', 'title': 'get_series_infoOutput', 'required': ['result'], 'properties': {'result': {'type': 'string', 'title': 'Result'}}}
get_series_observations
Get time series observations (data points) for a FRED series. Returns the actual data values for an economic indicator over time. Use search_series first to find the series_id, or use well-known IDs like UNRATE, GDP, CPIAUCSL, FEDFUNDS, MORTGAGE30US. For state unemployment, use state abbreviation + 'UR' (e.g. WAUR for Washington, CAUR for California). Results are sorted most-recent-first. For long series (e.g. daily data since 1954), use start_date/end_date to narrow the window or increase the limit up to 10000. Args: series_id: FRED series identifier (e.g. 'UNRATE', 'GDP', 'CPIAUCSL'). start_date: Optional start date in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. '2020-01-01'). end_date: Optional end date in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. '2024-12-31'). limit: Maximum observations to return (default 1000, max 10000).
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'title': 'get_series_observationsArguments', 'required': ['series_id'], 'properties': {'limit': {'type': 'integer', 'title': 'Limit', 'default': 1000}, 'end_date': {'anyOf': [{'type': 'string'}, {'type': 'null'}], 'title': 'End Date', 'default': None}, 'series_id': {'type': 'string', 'title': 'Series Id'}, 'start_date': {'anyOf': [{'type': 'string'}, {'type': 'null'}], 'title': 'Start Date', 'default': None}}}
Output schema 
{'type': 'object', 'title': 'get_series_observationsOutput', 'required': ['result'], 'properties': {'result': {'type': 'string', 'title': 'Result'}}}
search_series
Search for FRED economic data series by keyword. Use this to find series IDs for economic indicators. For example, search 'unemployment rate' to find UNRATE, or 'gross domestic product' to find GDP. Returns series metadata including ID, title, frequency, units, and date range. Common series: UNRATE (unemployment), GDP (gross domestic product), CPIAUCSL (consumer price index), FEDFUNDS (federal funds rate), MORTGAGE30US (30-year mortgage rate), MEHOINUSA672N (median household income). Args: search_text: Keywords to search for (e.g. 'unemployment rate', 'GDP', 'inflation'). limit: Maximum number of results to return (default 10, max 1000).
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'title': 'search_seriesArguments', 'required': ['search_text'], 'properties': {'limit': {'type': 'integer', 'title': 'Limit', 'default': 10}, 'search_text': {'type': 'string', 'title': 'Search Text'}}}
Output schema 
{'type': 'object', 'title': 'search_seriesOutput', 'required': ['result'], 'properties': {'result': {'type': 'string', 'title': 'Result'}}}
History

Recent tool changes

Added
get_release_dates
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
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get_category_series
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
Added
get_series_info
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
Added
get_series_observations
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
Added
search_series
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
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