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FRED Economic Data

io.github.danishashko/fred-economic-mcp · v1.0.3

FRED economic data: GDP, inflation, unemployment, rates, and 800k+ Federal Reserve time series.

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
claude mcp add fred-economic-mcp -e FRED_API_KEY=<FRED_API_KEY> -- npx -y [email protected]
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-economic-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-economic-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "fred-economic-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

NameDescription
FRED_API_KEY
Required, secret
Free FRED API key from https://fredaccount.stlouisfed.org/apikeys

Details

Package[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
First published14 Jun 2026
Last updated14 Jun 2026
Registry nameio.github.danishashko/fred-economic-mcp

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