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FRED Economic Data MCP

An MCP server that provides access to over 800,000 economic time series from the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED). It allows agents to search for series, retrieve observations with transforms, get metadata, and browse categories using natural language or structured queries.

Package and access

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FRED Economic Data MCP logo, by danishashkoCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by danishashko
You need:FRED requires a free API key.
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What you can do with it

  • Search for economic series by keyword
  • Retrieve GDP and inflation data with frequency aggregation
  • Get metadata for specific economic indicators
  • Browse economic data by category

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.3
mcp-registry: io.github.danishashko/fred-economic-mcp@1.0.3Source repository
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Packages and installation

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fred-economic-mcp 1.0.3

npmnpx
fred-economic-mcp package definition
{
  "version": "1.0.3",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "fred-economic-mcp",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "FRED_API_KEY",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Free FRED API key from https://fredaccount.stlouisfed.org/apikeys"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-economic-data-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fred-economic-mcp@1.0.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<YOUR_FRED_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-economic-data-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fred-economic-mcp@1.0.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<YOUR_FRED_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "fred-economic-data-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fred-economic-mcp@1.0.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<YOUR_FRED_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-economic-data-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fred-economic-mcp@1.0.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<YOUR_FRED_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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