Economic / FRED data for AI agents
Federal Reserve Economic Data: 800K+ series covering rates, inflation, GDP, employment, money supply, housing, commodities, and more.
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Economic / FRED tools run on the same LiveDataLink endpoint as every other domain - one bearer key, no per-source integration. Add this to your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, n8n, LangChain, and more):
{
"mcpServers": {
"livedatalink": {
"url": "https://livedatalink.ai/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
}
}
}Then call any tool below. The free tier gives you 1,000 queries/month across all 284 tools with no credit card.
Economic / FRED tools (7)
| fred_series_info | Metadata for a FRED series ID: title, units, frequency, seasonal adjustment, observation range, notes. |
| fred_observations | Time-series observations for any FRED series ID. Optional units transform and frequency aggregation. |
| fred_search | Full-text search across FRED's 800K+ series, ranked by popularity. |
| fred_category_series | List top series in a FRED category by numeric category ID. |
| fred_quick_indicator | Friendly-name shortcut for popular indicators: unemployment_rate, fed_funds, cpi, gdp, ten_year_yield, vix, wti, etc. |
| fred_compare | Compare 2 to 5 FRED series side-by-side over the same date range. |
| fred_releases | Economic release calendar and upcoming release dates from FRED. |
Common queries this domain answers: fred · federal reserve · macro · macroeconomic · gdp · cpi · inflation · unemployment · fed funds · interest rate · treasury yield · 10 year · mortgage rate · money supply · m2 · recession · consumer sentiment · economic indicator.
Why LiveDataLink for Economic / FRED
- One key, 59 domains. These tools sit alongside FMCSA carrier safety, sanctions screening, SEC filings, courts, Census, and FRED - no separate integration per source.
- Resale-safe. Sourced from FRED (Federal Reserve) - public and openly-licensed data you can embed and redistribute.
- Built for agents. Read-only annotated MCP tools, Streamable HTTP, Bearer auth. Works out of the box in Claude, Cursor, and n8n's native MCP node.
FAQ
- What Economic / FRED data can an AI agent access through LiveDataLink?
- Federal Reserve Economic Data: 800K+ series covering rates, inflation, GDP, employment, money supply, housing, commodities, and more. It exposes 7 tools (fred_series_info, fred_observations, fred_search, fred_category_series, fred_quick_indicator, fred_compare, and more) over the Model Context Protocol at https://livedatalink.ai/mcp, sourced from FRED (Federal Reserve).
- How do I connect to the LiveDataLink Economic / FRED MCP server?
- Add https://livedatalink.ai/mcp as a Streamable-HTTP MCP server in Claude, Cursor, n8n, or any MCP client, with an "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" header. Get a free key (1,000 queries/month, no credit card) at https://livedatalink.ai/signup/free. No per-domain setup - the Economic / FRED tools load under the same key as every other domain.
- Is the LiveDataLink Economic / FRED data free and safe to redistribute?
- LiveDataLink sources Economic / FRED data from FRED (Federal Reserve). Public-domain US-government and openly-licensed data is resale-safe, so results can be embedded and redistributed in your own product. The free tier includes 1,000 queries/month; paid plans start at $10/month.