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FRED Economic Data MCP server

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GDP, unemployment, CPI, interest rates, and 800K+ economic time series from the Federal Reserve

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FRED Economic Data tools (5)

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  • get_category_seriesFree

    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).

  • get_release_datesFree

    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).

  • get_series_infoFree

    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').

  • get_series_observationsFree

    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).

  • search_seriesFree

    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).

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-27 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

1 low
  • –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
  • Live reliabilityremote reachable in 55ms20/20
  • Tool poisoning5 tool descriptions checked15/15
  • Auth qualityopen endpoint, read-only tools10/15
  • Maintenanceno repository listed3/15
  • Maintainer identityverified namespace with website, no repo4/10

Findings (1)

  • lowNo source repository listedmaint.no-repo
Overall 69/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON

How FRED Economic Data compares

Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score
69/100
higher than 32% of 48,243 servers
Tools
5
the typical server has 7
Tools that change things
0%
typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
Uptime
100%
of our recent checks; the typical remote server answers 100%
Response time
104 ms
faster than 83% of 30,027 servers

What its tools let an agent do: 5 read

Install FRED Economic Data in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http fred https://mcp.olyport.com/fred/mcp
Add to Cursor

FRED Economic Data: common questions

Is FRED Economic Data MCP server safe?
With care: it is graded C, so read the findings first (69/100). Read the FRED Economic Data safety report
How do I install FRED Economic Data?
It runs remotely at mcp.olyport.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
Does FRED Economic Data need an API key?
Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
Is FRED Economic Data maintained?
The latest release is v1.0.0.
Is FRED Economic Data up?
100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
How does FRED Economic Data compare with other MCP servers?
safety score 69/100 (higher than 32% of 48,243 servers); tools 5 (the typical server has 7); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.

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