fred_get_series
Description: Retrieve data for any FRED series by its ID with support for transformations and date ranges.
How to use it
fred_get_series is exposed by the Fred MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the fred_get_series tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Fred MCP Server
npx -y @smithery/cli install @stefanoamorelli/fred-mcp-server --client claudeOther tools in Fred MCP Server (21)
(optional): "avg" (average), "sum", or "eop" (end of period)
(required): Type of browsing - "categories", "releases", "sources", "categoryseries", "releaseseries"
(optional): Category ID for browsing subcategories or series within a category
(optional): Comma-separated list of tag names to exclude
(optional): Value to filter the variable by
(optional): Filter by "frequency", "units", or "seasonaladjustment"
Description: Browse FRED's complete catalog through categories, releases, or sources.
Description: Search for FRED economic data series by keywords, tags, or filters.
(optional): Frequency aggregation ("d", "w", "m", "q", "a")
(optional): Maximum number of results (default: 50)
(optional): End date in YYYY-MM-DD format
(optional): Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format
(optional): Number of results to skip for pagination
(optional): Field to order results by
(optional): Release ID for browsing series within a release
(optional): Text to search for in series titles and descriptions
(optional): "fulltext" or "seriesid"
(required): The FRED series ID (e.g., "GDP", "UNRATE", "CPIAUCSL")
(optional): "asc" or "desc"
(optional): Comma-separated list of tag names to filter by
(optional): Data transformation: