Remote MCP server that gives an assistant access to Federal Reserve FRED economic time series: search indicators, pull observations, metadata, categories and,
What you can do
Search FRED series by keyword and get IDs, titles, frequency, units and date ranges for economic indicators like unemployment or GDP. Retrieve time series observations for a series ID, including well-known ones such as UNRATE, GDP, CPIAUCSL, FEDFUNDS and MORTGAGE30US. Look up detailed metadata for a series, including title, frequency, units, seasonal adjustment, source and date range. Browse series within FRED category hierarchies such as money and banking, labor markets or national accounts. Check release dates for a data release to see when indicators are updated.
When to use it
Useful when you need official US macroeconomic data in a conversation: tracking GDP, inflation, unemployment or interest rates, comparing indicators over time, or checking when a release is next updated. It saves looking up series IDs and downloading data by hand.
Requirements
A remote streamable HTTP endpoint at mcp.olyport.com; no package, account, API key or environment variable is declared. Network access to the endpoint is needed.
Before you install
The server is read-only in the tools listed: it searches and retrieves public economic data and does not write, send or delete anything. Queries and series IDs go to the third-party host olyport.com rather than directly to the Federal Reserve, so consider whether that routing is acceptable. Data is only as current as the upstream FRED releases.
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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).
Parameterslimitsearch_textrequired
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).
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').
Parametersseries_idrequired
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).
Parameterscategory_idrequired
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).
Parametersrelease_idrequired
Version history
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v1.0.0LatestSep 16, 2026
Score
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