mcp-econdata

MCP server for US economic data (unemployment, CPI, employment) via the Bureau of Labor Statistics API. No authentication required.

Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_series | Fetch any BLS time series by series ID | | get_unemployment | Get the US civilian unemployment rate over time | | get_cpi | Get the US Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers | | get_employment_by_industry | Get US non-farm payroll employment by industry |

Quickstart via Pipeworx Gateway

Call any tool through the hosted gateway with zero setup:

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "tools/call",
    "params": {
      "name": "econdata_get_unemployment",
      "arguments": { "start_year": "2023", "end_year": "2024" }
    }
  }'

License

MIT