treasury_interest_rates
Average interest rates the US Treasury pays on its marketable and non-marketable securities (Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds, TIPS, etc.), by month. Optionally filter by security description.
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What treasury_interest_rates does on Livedatalink
AI agents call treasury_interest_rates to retrieve information from Livedatalink without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | number | — | Max rows to return. |
security | string | — | Filter by security type/description, e.g. 'Treasury Notes', 'Bills', 'TIPS'. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why treasury_interest_rates is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves publicly available historical financial data with optional filtering. It performs no writes, deletions, or financial operations. The data retrieved is informational and historical in nature. Misuse would result in information disclosure only, with no capability to modify systems, execute code, or incur financial obligations.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves historical US Treasury interest rate data: 'Average interest rates the US Treasury pays on its marketable and non-marketable securities'.
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The rule that runs treasury_interest_rates safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Livedatalink, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For treasury_interest_rates, this is the rule to start with:
treasury_interest_rates is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Livedatalink, apply this rule, and every treasury_interest_rates call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about treasury_interest_rates
Average interest rates the US Treasury pays on its marketable and non-marketable securities (Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds, TIPS, etc.), by month. Optionally filter by security description. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Livedatalink MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
treasury_interest_rates accepts 2 parameters: limit, security. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Livedatalink MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for treasury_interest_rates: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Livedatalink. Nothing to install.
treasury_interest_rates is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the treasury_interest_rates rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for treasury_interest_rates. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
treasury_interest_rates is provided by the Livedatalink MCP server (https://livedatalink.ai/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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