FRED

liveEconomicsGovernmentFinance

US economic series from the St. Louis Fed — interest rates, inflation, unemployment, GDP — with the release each figure came from.

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Tools

fred_get_series

A US economic indicator's full history, from the St. Louis Fed's FRED database.

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fred_series_info

The metadata for one FRED economic data series — units, frequency, last updated — from the St. Louis Fed.

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fred_category

The economic data series filed under one FRED category, from the St. Louis Fed.

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fred_releases

The economic data releases (e.g. Employment Situation) tracked by FRED, from the St. Louis Fed.

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fred_release_dates

The past and scheduled publication dates for one FRED data release, from the St. Louis Fed.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fred/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fred/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"fred_get_series","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("fred_get_series", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("us economic series from the st");

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