MCP Server

FRED Economic Data MCP Server

Name: FRED Economic Data MCP Server
Author: com.olyport

com.olyport/fred

Registry

What is the FRED Economic Data MCP server?

GDP, unemployment, CPI, interest rates, and 800K+ economic time series from the Federal Reserve

How to install FRED Economic Data

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: http

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred": {
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/fred/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.olyport.com/fred/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "fred": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/fred/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop connects to remote servers via the mcp-remote bridge.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.olyport.com/fred/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http fred https://mcp.olyport.com/fred/mcp

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